I'M SO FU !"#$#" SORRY, SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, MY LIFE, THE COUNTRY I LIVE (CHILE) IS BEING A SHIT SHOW ,THAT MADE IT SO DIFFICULT TO CONCENTRATED ON THIS, BUT WORRY NOT I'LL COMPENSATE FOR YOU, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
Now, this chapter maybe a little bit shorter, because I didn't know what to write, so I decided to keep mostly the same.
Now onto the reviews:
Madpro32 (July 2): thank you! Someone said and in this chapter you, and everyone else, would know more.
To those about the Lucy character, if you didn't guest it, then you have to wait until I arrive to the end of the volume, so until I arrive to chapter 15 and 16 which we are closed.
Now, into the chapter my friends.
First day of classes.
The bright sun of the early morning, enters through the window to the room of team LIME, with Peter awakening first because of the light, he looks at his scroll "7:30", he puts himself in a sitting position in his bed as he started stretching and yawing, after that he look around the room.
It is a big dorm room, with 4 beds all put at the far wall of the room, with 2 desks, 2 chairs and a few bookshelves in one of the corners, a door to the bathroom, at the other side, a door for the closet, as well with 2 paintings (1 for each wall) with one being the emerald forest and the other being of beacon academy.
He looks around to see everyone still sleeping, with Beck, somehow still sleeping with his head on the floor, his body on the frame of the bed and his feet in the bed. Peter had to cover his mouth from laughing out loud at the position of his friend, the he spots his suitcase or better name power armour, he smiles at what happen after entering the room.
Flashback.
The ceremony had ended a few minutes later after the announcement, with Miss Goodwitch giving each team leader the curriculum of classes for each day of the week and as they were walking to their dorm. It was painfully obvious that 2 curious teams were watching them through their dorm rooms.
They reach their dorm and enter, but before that, Lucy looks behind with an amusement face.
"You know if you're that curious about his power armour, you just have to ask, but we are ok if you want to come in" said Lucy.
Both teams come out of their dorms with either a stoic face, embarrassed or in Ruby's case both in excitement and embarrassment, with stars in her eyes and a red face.
Lucy just laugh at that and let them in, as they enter, they see the brothers, each one in one bed, while Peter is still up with his power armour, with his hands behind the back.
"Now, you can ask me any question" said Peter.
"How do build that? You have to be quite wealthy, to be able to build something as advance as this" ask/said Weiss, with most nodding at the question.
"While my family isn't as wealthy as anyone in here, my father had the pleasure of tricking his boss for the materials" said Peter, with a very please and satisfy voice.
"And who is your father boss?" ask Pyrrha.
Peter just pointed at Weiss and said. "Non other than her father, Jacques Schnee"
Everyone's jaw fall to the floor at that, with their faces full of shock and Weiss stuttering at the proclamation.
Before anyone could say anything like that, Peter decided to explain. "Now, before any of you ask, my father is the forearm of one of the top ten mine in Atlas, so he can ask for the resources he needs"
"So, your father gains all that, by mistreating the faunus" said Blake, with a voice that's barely supressing rage and anger, which everyone notices, even Ruby.
But that was immediate vanish, and before he could say anything, he exited the suit, just as the suit itself starts compacting itself.
"No, while my father does work with that despicable company" Weiss glares at that. "He isn't one that hurts faunus, he respects them, with the same respect a human should have, he doesn't care about the consequences and the company doesn't as well, as long as it brings what is asking for, the Dust"
"As for the materials, well let's just say that the Grimm or the very rare White Fang raid, had my father with his nerves about to explode, so he convince the company to giving him materials to build a small, but sturdy wall, to protect the mining outpost and he use his money to contract a mercenary group as security detail for the mining outpost, THAT doesn't discriminate against the faunus"
Everyone sighted in relief at that, especially Blake, who has a small smile in her face, but Weiss is a different matter, she was conflicted, she is mad of someone disrespecting her families company like that, or to be very satisfied of someone actually fooling his father and not being discovered for a long time, so she settle with a nod, noticing immediate the surprise on Peter's face.
"Huh, I was expecting more of a reaction from you Weiss, looks like the rumours I heard were true and you despise your father" the answer was another nod, she wasn't trusting of her own word for the time being.
The next question was obvious. "How did you build such wonderful thing?! Ask Ruby, very excited, with stars in her eyes.
Peter chuckle at that. "The suit itself is made of titanium, while the armour it's thinner, to have the possibility of being as compact as it is, so it can barely survive a swing of a beowolf or a ursa, I used the mobility of the suit against them, while this one doesn't have any heavy weaponry on it, it has beam of energy or uni-beams as I call them that make as both fly stabilizers and long range energy weapons, which the energy come from the reactor, which are multiple and very compress lighting Dust crystals, that make the suit have energy between 2 and 3 hours, before I have to connected to a generator, so the recharge con be effective"
Everyone has a face full of astonishment, while not everyone could understand everything he said, they could understand that it was pretty impressive.
"You said, you couldn't put heavy weaponry on this one, does that mean that they are more of them?!" ask Ruby.
Peter chuckle and ruffle Ruby's hair. "You're very observant, when it comes to weapons isn't Ruby" Ruby ended up with a red face, but nodded with excitement. "Yes, I do have more of them, they are in a warehouse here in Vale, protected by the same mercenary group that protects my dad mining operation, maybe one day I will show you"
Ruby show him a smile, full of pure happiness, while the rest were pretty interested and excited of something like that.
The next hour they just started talking, getting to know each other, the conversation was pretty much friendly between each other, except a few times between Blake and Weiss, much to Ruby, Yang and JNPR confusion and worry, except for LIME which they already knew why that's happening.
After that they said their goodnights and leave the room and after that, Peter is literally tackled by Beck.
"You're the fucking best man, you build THE ironman suit, you build something that was fictional!" shouted Beck, with disbelief, he still couldn't believe that it was real.
"Does the military know anything and I'm talking about both militaries" said Lucy, with a serious face.
"The Atlas military doesn't know anything about it, and they will never know, but the US it's completely different, while they have the blueprints of the armour, I only give them the product that can fly, but not shoot lasers, like mine, they can put heavy weaponry, but not as much as mine and it has magnets, so the soldiers can put their weapons on their backs and it has kinetic shields"
"But why not giving them something more powerful?" ask Baxter, a little confused.
Peter held 2 fingers. "2 reasons, one being less expensive to construct and the other one, to be able to mass produced to all infantry that exist in the US military and besides this won't be immediate results, they need to produced, tested in American grounds AND train the soldiers who are going to used, so in between 4 to 6 or 7 years until all the army has the armour mass produced"
Everyone nodded at that, as it made sense, after that they took their pyjamas, change into them (in private, obviously) and they go to sleep.
End flashback.
By the time he stopped remembering about it, he took a bath and he was dress with the beacon academy uniform, with a few sandwiches and juice boxes, on its way to the dorm.
He entered the dorm, he was presented with both Lucy and Beck already bath and dress in their uniform, with the sound of the shower still running, meaning that Baxter is still in it.
"Hey there, I'm just bringing the breakfast" said Peter.
"Thanks" said both, as they took their food.
"So, everything alright, outside of our little place?" ask Beck.
"Yeah, everything is normal and peaceful, the only thing that disturb me was a whistle being blow at team RWBY's dorm, maybe it was their way of someone waking up, so I didn't disturb them" said Peter.
"And what about Weiss?" ask Lucy.
"I'll talk to her later on the day, I need her to keep quiet about it" said Peter, referring to the suit.
After a few minutes, Baxter came out with his uniform and thank him for the food, later they leave their dorm and passing in front of team RWBY's dorm, they hear construction sound, which leaves everyone in confusion, so Baxter knocks on their door, which Weiss popped out of it.
"Yes?" ask with a little of irritation at the interruption.
"Classes start in 20 minutes are you coming or not" said Baxter.
Weiss is silent for a few seconds, before she shrieks in panic.
"What's wrong?" ask Ruby, with the other stopping as well.
"Class start in 20 minutes you dunce!" shouted Weiss, as the other drop what they were doing and started gathering their supplies, with Peter doing the same for team JNPR.
Professor Port classroom.
Team LIME and most of the class arrive 10 minutes earlier, with team RWBY and JNPR arriving 5 minutes before the bell.
Most students are excited to be with a teacher, here in Beacon Academy, but…
"If this is going to be Grimm studies, I'm going to fell sleep?!" whispered Baxter, to beck, with him nodding in approval.
15 minutes in the lecture, and all the students knew how Professor Port teaches to his students, with stories that, not everyone thought to be real, by the 45 minutes mark, most of the class were ignoring him or doing something.
Ruby is drawing, Weiss is taking notes, Blake reading a book, Yang just watching with bored expression, Jaune look like a zombie by now, Ren is meditating, Nora was sleep and Pyrrha was trying to find a way to take notes.
Lucy is in the same status as Pyrrha, Peter is seeing the blueprints of his second heavy suit, Beck and Baxter are playing a little football (Rugby, or wherever the US calls that game) with papers. (And yes, I thought this from Endgame, I didn't know what to put with this 2).
Everyone, except those who are sleep, hear a girl shouting "I'll do it" and watch who was it and it was Weiss, with her hand up.
"What did I miss?" ask Peter, to Lucy.
"Weiss volunteer herself, to show her skills, to professor Port" said Lucy.
"Well, let's see what she can do" said Beck, with his brother nodding in agreement.
In the row where the rest of team RWBY is, they are supporting her the best they could.
"Go, Weiss!" shouted Yang, with her fist in the air.
"Fight well" said Blake, with a little flag saying RWBY in it.
'Where did she get the flag?' thought both JNPR and LIME.
"Yeah, represent team RWBY!" said Ruby, with enthusiasm.
After that, Weiss lower her rapier and glared at Ruby. "Ruby! I'm trying to focus!"
Lucy frowns at that. 'that isn't the way to treat your partner' thought Lucy.
Professor port, maybe oblivious of the tension, lifted his axe over the locked cage. "All right, let the match begin!"
Right as he finished, he swung down the axe and broke the locked of the cage, revelling a boarbatusk, a boar-like Grimm, that immediately charge at Weiss, which she dodge and immediately attack, only for her rapier to bounce on the armour of the Grimm.
Weiss charge at the Grimm head on, trying to pierce the head, but the Grimm intercepted the attack and making the rapier stuck in its tusk, Weiss struggled to get out of the engagement when the Grimm turned its head and throw the rapier out of her hands.
"Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?" asked/said Port.
Weiss looked up to see the boarbatusk charging at her and dodge the attack, with ended up with the boarbatusk crashing into a desk, making loose its balance, which made Weiss dash to her weapon.
"Weiss! Go for its belly! There is no armour underneath-" said Ruby, but it only made Weiss angrier at her.
"Stop telling me what to do!" shouted Weiss, not noticing the hurt look on Ruby's face.
The boarbatusk jump into the air, and it curled into a ball gaining speed and charging at Weiss.
Weiss activated it her glyphs, with one in front of her and another one behind her head, the boarbatusk crash into the glyph, loosing al momentum, making fall on its back, Weiss jump into the glyph above, before it turned black, holding position for a moment, the she dived it the boarbatusk, impaling the rapier on its un-protected underbelly, killing it and finishing the fight.
"Bravo, Bravo! It appears that we are in the presence of a true huntress in training!" congratulated Port, with Weiss panting from the moves she did. "I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today, be sure to cover the assigned reading and… stay vigilant, class dismissed!"
With the end of the class, everyone started to get out, with Weiss glaring away, she turned around and live the class, with a very concerned team behind, Ruby immediately ran after her.
The rest of the day was pretty calm, with the rest of the classes with nothing as flashy as Grimm studies, professor Oobleck ("Doctor!" Author looks around after hearing the shout "oooookkk then") class on history of Remnant and Dust studies with professor Peach. Thankfully they have been warned about the eccentric way the Doctor is in his class, so Peter brought a recorder with him for the class if someone of his team didn't understand it, with professor Peach it was just investigation of different kinds of Dust and it's possible combinations of it, as well the creation of Dust base ammunition.
The other classes are run by Professor Goodwitch, which are combat class and survival class, with these 2 classes being the longest of the schedule, with combat class being self-explanatory and survival class is for teaching ways of surviving in the wildness when the team is far from any kind of human/faunus settlement, as well what to show what types of food are edible or not, the brothers didn't pay a lot of attention to this class, already knowing how to survive by going to Forever Falls Forest, but they write down stuff they didn't know.
After classes ended, Peter started walking through the corridors of the academy, trying to find Weiss, as he was returning to his dorm, he saw her sitting on a bench looking at the fragmented moon in deep thought, after looking the state that she is in, he decided not to interrupt her, but she look at him and call him over to the bench.
"Is there something wrong, Weiss?" ask Peter.
"Please tell me the truth, do you think that Ruby is better suited then me, to be leader?" ask Weiss.
Peter just shrugged. "Weiss is only been a day, just give her a chance"
"But-" Weiss try to say something, but was interrupted.
"Weiss, I know for a fact that you have given everything on a silver platter, so let me tell you my own perspective ok?" said Peter, which Weiss think it over and nodded, with both sitting on the bench.
"My father had to work hard, when he first arrive to the mine, he knew that the officer were racist, the faunus didn't even trust him when he arrived, as well very sick and he had to worry about the Grimm, so we got to work, I work on the mines every once in a while to make them trust me, my father as well, he even went as far as to fired every officer on his command and replaced them with people that didn't hate or at least tolerate the faunus, little by little we started winning there trust and after a few years they started trusting us" said Peter.
"But what has to do-" she was interrupted by a finger in her lips.
"I'm getting there, you have to imagine yourself as the faunus and Ruby as my dad and myself, because you have been sheltered all your life inside that mansion of yours, you don't know anything besides that, you think that they would give you everything to you, Ruby is trying so hard to earn your trust, but you aren't letting her in, because you think that she is just a child that has live a mostly normal life, as for yourself you only live the life that your father has made you live" said Peter, standing up from the bench.
"So the point is that, you have to trust Ruby, she wants to help her friends, but if you don't give that trust back, then why she will trust if you don't" and with that he started walking to his dorm, leaving Weiss with some new thoughts.
Weiss POV.
After I enter the dorm, I see both Yang and Blake sleep, with Blake sleeping peacefully and Yang snorting like a pig, she climbed the bed to see Ruby, but what surprise her was that Ruby was pass out, on top of the homework of Professor Oobleck.
'I really should have trust her more' I thought.
She gently shook Ruby of her slumber, making Ruby jump after seeing her face in front of her.
"Weiss, i-I was studying and then fell asleep, I'm sorry" said Ruby.
I put my hand on her mouth and with the finger I told to be quiet, then I see in the corned of the bed, an empty cup of coffee.
"How do you take you coffee?" I ask.
"uh uh, I I don't" try to say Ruby.
"answer the question" I say to her, a little bit harsher.
"uh! Cream and 5 sugars!" said Ruby.
I sigh and went to my bed, quickly putting the cream and sugar in the coffee and went up again.
"Here" I said.
"Um, thanks Weiss" said Ruby, a little surprise for the change of attitude.
I contemplated for a little before telling her. "Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Just know, that I am going to be the best teammate you'll ever have"
Ruby only answer me with a smile.
"Good luck studying" I said, but then I went up right because of a wrong answer. "That's wrong by the way"
And I started to walk away, but then remember to tell her something. "Hey Ruby?"
"uh huh?" said Ruby.
"I always wanted bunkbeds as a kid" I said to her, before I close the door, she calls me.
"Wait, where are you going?" Ruby ask me.
"I'm going to prepare a cup of coffee for me, if I want to help you being the best teammate, then I would like to help you studying with what you don't know" I said, with a little smile.
Ruby smile at me. "Thanks Weiss, I would really like that"
Then I close the door and walk down the corridor to a nearby kitchen.
End of Weiss POV.
What they didn't see what that a small fly was in the window, watching everything they said.
At team LIME dorm room, Peter was smiling at the scene he just watched.
'Well, that a step into the right direction' Peter thought, turning off the cam feed and going to sleep.
Authors note:
like I said before, I'm so fu !"$#" sorry about how late this is, here in Chile it has been a interesting final months last year, to said the least, both in and outside of my life, as well with the institute I'm studying.
And sorry if this is short, but I still get to finished.
And the jaunedice arc is coming next and I have some stuff coming for that part specially for our mace user.
P.S: the next chapter won't have any authors notes in it, the authors notes will be in the final chapter of this act.