It was now monday, the start of a new week for the people on Remnant, the next bunch of classes for the prestigious Beacon Academy was starting soon and breakfast had been served to all of its occupants including Giles. French toast was just as good as the pancakes he had with Doctor Oobleck in his limited experience.
He had worked with Glynda for the entirety of the previous day to cement the details of his new cover story. He wasn't happy with it but it seemed to make the most sense for him. Glynda asked him a lot of questions about his past, some he was not comfortable answering to a complete stranger. However as she said, the best lies mix in the truth.
He was now standing outside the classroom of one Professor Port, his first class of the day, Grimm studies. He would also be officially be introduced to the class today. He was dressed in the official clothes of the school. A formal looking outfit that he found to be much lighter and more comfortable then the heavy parka he usually wore. On his hip he kept his gas mask on one side and hidden on the other he kept his sidearm. He felt exposed when he tried to leave his room without any guns, as he had been instructed to by Glynda.
The door opened and an older man with a large mustache beckoned me in. Giles follows him in and take a look at the classroom and its occupants. The room is similar to an amphitheater with the students sitting in desks that ascend upwards to multiple levels. The walls are mounted with the heads of a multitude of Grimm, fake he assumes, and a large axe like weapon with a large round barrel where a handle would likely be. Most of the desks have people behind them, that are all looking intently at Giles as he walks in. He can already hear the whispering start up as people notice his gas mask and start to remember his appearances around the campus. As he stands in front of a large desk in the front of the room, Port starts to address the class.
"Alright class, I know that many rumors of are new student have been flying around like a murder of Nevermore, Allow me to introduce Giles Flynn, a rare type of student in our prestigious school. He shall study here along you Huntsmen and huntress's in training so that he may better understand the complicated mechanisms that our weapons use. He shall attend the school on a work study program for weapons research. While staying here without a team, I hope that you shall accommodate his stay among us. Now then Giles Introduce your self please."
Giles felt the gaze of every person in the room focus on him and suddenly he froze up. Without his gas mask on to hide his face behind Giles felt every ounce of the focus on him, and it was certainly a new type of pressure for him. After standing silently for a few seconds the class started to whisper again, and Giles didn't like that, it made him seem weak so he gathered his courage and shook of his nerves as best he could.
"H-h-h-hello. M-m-my name is Giles Flynn." Shit that sucked.
A couple of the less polite classmates start laughing, the others look embarrassed for him. Giles resists the urge to don his gas mask again, then wished that he had one of those invisibility devices he had heard about back on E.D.N. lll. Port gives a hearty laugh as well, before addressing the class again.
"Now then class, not everyone will be suited to the spotlight. Giles is here to master the supporting role. Although I wouldn't underestimate him, from what I was told he was raised outside the safety of any Kingdoms protective reach. He may not be used to the rigors of society, but he has probably killed more Grimm then most of you have." Port boasts in his stead. Great now some people will take that as a challenge.
"Not as many as you may think." Giles grumbles under his breath.
"Now then where to sit the boy... Giles take a seat at the third row, third seat from the left wall. We shall now begin todays lecture. AH HEM. There I was surrounded on all sides by a wall of Beowolves, my trusty Blunderaxe stuck in the stone of the cave floor..."
Giles walked to his new seat and starts to take in the class in a more individual level. He is sitting behind a quartet of girls of varying colored hair. The first one, directly below him. was a girl with white hair, done up in a pony tail off the side of her head. The one on the inner most side of the room, next to the central stairs of the room, was a smaller girl with black hair and a hooded cape? hanging from her neck. The Third girl, on the opposite side of the white haired one was blonde with a waist long mane of golden locks, already asleep in the face of the professors story. The last one was a girl with long black hair, wearing a bow.
Giles ignores the rest of the people in the class and focuses on the professors story. Much to his surprise it seems to be pretty much ignored by most of the class, but between the bluster and theatrics Giles can see the truth. The only thing bigger then this professors ego is his experience. He is pointing out weak points in the armor of the Grimm and unorthodox tactics in fighting them at the same time. Giles keeps rapt attention on the story as the class continues before the professor starts to wind down after about 20 minutes.
"... and that's how i found that the best solution to most problems a hunter can encounter is to be flexible, both in mind and body. Hahaha hooo. Now then class I have a special surprise for us. In commemoration of our new student I have a procured for us a creature of Grimm that he will dispatch for us. Giles my boy, come down here. I have arranged for your weapons to be delivered as well, you will find them waiting outside. Fetch them while I prepare the beast."
Giles stood up and started walking down the stairs as instructed, when suddenly a foot from one of the students on his side shot out, obviously an attempt to trip him. Giles nonchalantly stepped over it, it would take more then a foot to knock him off balance. He took a side long glance at the owner of said foot, to remember them for later. He was a large fellow with slicked back brown hair and a cocky grin on his face. Which fell for a split second as he realized that he had failed to trip Giles up.
Giles ignored the guy for now and left the class room without incident. Outside he found his Gun Sword and Hand cannon on a tray bolted to the wall, presumably for this purpose. He gave it a quick once over before donning his gas mask, putting his leg holster on for his Hand cannon and the over the shoulder one for his Gun Sword. He then returned to the room and shouldered his rifle in his combat stance.
Professor Port turned to the class and started to lecture. "Good, Good. Notice his ready stance and his familiarity with it and his weapon. This is the stance of a veteran. His opponent should be of no issue to him. The target today is a Beowolf, a most common type of Grimm. You shall now begin." With that Port pressed a button on a remote in his hand.
However the seemed to be no enemy in sight, no cage for the creature to be released from. Until Giles heard a sudden clank from above, and a slight whistle noise. Instinctively Giles rolled forward as the Beowolf fell from a cage that had been suspended from the ceiling. Giles completed his combat roll smoothly and turned towards the creature ready to fire. However the Beowolf was already charging him. Giles barely had time to bring his rifle to bear before the creature slammed into him, sending him skidding across the floor and towards the wall.
With the air knocked out of him Giles barely could get his bearings straight as he slid painfully across the ground. This school apparently does not hold back on its training courses! Giles spun himself around as he slowed down his skidding, rifle at bear and his aim true. The Beowolf had hesitated before starting to charge again, and that was its undoing. His rifles high caliber retort was deafening in the rather acoustically built room, but none could miss the way his rifles rounds blasted chunks from his target in a way far more used to them from much larger looking weapons. The Grimm barely made it two or three more of its long loping steps before it fell to the ground, missing a large hole from its chest and one of its arms. Port let out a loud laugh as the creature starts to dissipate.
"My quite a kick for such a blocky looking weapon? Need to get maintenance in here and fix those holes in the wall hmmm? Quite, very impressive. Note his quick reaction to the Grimm's surprise attack, most Grimm will never do such a things, but preparation is key. His accuracy was spot on even from such an ungainly spot as the ground. Brilliant work I would say, fine work for someone that is not even aiming to be a huntsman himself."
Giles got to his feet and tried his best to hide the pain in his shoulder and chest from the impact from the Beowolf and floor. He took his gas mask off again and placed it on his hip, before holstering his Gun Sword on his back. After that he turned to look at the class again. Most of the Faunus were still holding their ears in pain from the particularly loud noise of his rifle. Some seemed impressed by the showing, some were scowling at him. The oddest reaction was from the small girl he was sitting behind before. She seemed to be staring at his weapons with an odd glint in her eyes, obviously very interested.
"Good now then, Giles if you would return to your seat. I would like to begin the next part of the lecture. Now where was I... Yes! So there I was trapped in a large Tree, three alpha Ursa, circling below me when suddenly..." Ports story continued in the background as Giles returned to his seat, laying his Gun sword on his desk so he could sit comfortably. He looks back down towards Port to come face to face with the Black haired girl with the hooded cape.
"Can I help you?" Giles asks
She gives a little eep noise before lowering her head a little. However at the sight of his Gun sword again she seems to gather her courage again.
"Can I see your weapon?" She asks timidly as she reaches out slowly for his Gun sword.
"Uhhhh. Why?" Giles asks.
She smiles widely and responds with a quick. "Ooooh I just love seeing new weapons and yours just tore that Beowolf apart, just like my Crescent Rose does. Which is weird because my baby's a high caliber sniper rife and yours looks like a regular assault rifle, which is usually on the medium size of the calibers and whats the boxes on the side do?" She says as she goes to make a grab at my Gun Sword again.
Giles is taken aback for a second at her enthusiasm for the weapon and opens his mouth to reply before he is cut off by the loud noise of someone clearing his throat.
"I know a new student is very exciting Miss Rose, However it might be best to stay seated in class." Professor Port says as she Turns back to look at him. She blushes as bright red as her name sake and quickly returns to her seat. Giles gives a little chuckle and returns his attention back to the professors story.
A few stories and hours later, the class is released for lunch. As Giles leaves class and turns the corner he feels a rush of wind and in the blink of an eye he comes face to face again with the girl from earlier.
"So can I see your weapon now? Pleaseeeee?" She asks again while giving him what could be best described as a begging look.
Giles can't help tease her a little bit. "Hmmm which weapon should i show you? It's not like you really want to look at my stuff right?"
He suddenly feels a very strong hand grip onto his shoulder. "You aren't teasing my little sister are you?"
Giles turns around and sees that he is being grabbed by the blonde that was asleep earlier. Her eyes are a lilac or purple color and she seems quite cross with him.
"Your little sister? You two? You don't look like sisters." Giles states plainly.
"Yeah you got a problem with that?" She says with a dangerous glint in her eyes.
The Girl with a bow and the one with the white hair and pigtail are behind her. Guess they must be friends or something.
"Come on Yang. Calm down." The girl with the bow says. "He didn't mean anything by it."
"You have to admit you two are nothing alike. Its an easy mistake to make." The white haired girl follows up."
Yang as she was called steps back and gives a shrug. "Just wanted to make sure he knew to not bother my little sister."
"Don't worry message heard loud and clear. Here ya go." Giles responds before handing his Gun Sword to the hooded girl again.
She grabs it immediately and starts to go over every bit of it with what Giles realizes is an expert eye. She finds the release for the sword part of the weapon and toggles it, watching as the blades slide loosely out of sheathes on the side of the main weapon. She pulls out the clip next and examines the bullets inside.
"Why is your rifle sized for such a large caliber? It should be very difficult to control the recoil when fired full auto. Also why is the blades on the side so loose? Do you not have an automatic release system?" The girl with the hood asked.
"The blades on the side help keep the recoil in control, with the heavy forward weights. Also when i built it, I didn't have access to enough parts to make a more complicated release system. So unfortunately in order to use the blades i have to swing the sword down, hit the release and extend the blades. After that I can swing it as much as i need to. However when i want to pull the blade back in, I need to hit the release again and hold the blade up."
"Why haven't you upgraded it? Almost every weapon in Beacon that transforms has a better design then that."
"I Just got here Thursday. I haven't had time yet."
"Well we should fix that! Come on!" The hooded girl says as she starts to run away with my rifle. However she is grabbed by the hood by Yang.
"Wait one second. I Don't know about you two, but i think we should go to lunch Ruby. I Need a good meal to wake me up after sleeping through Ports beddy by time lessons." She says.
Ruby as her sister called her turns around and looks at me with a begging look again.
"Look. I appreciate the offer but I don't even know who you lot are. I have no reason to trust you with my Gun Sword like that." I reply as i take my weapon back from Ruby. "Besides I really like the food here and I don't want to miss any."
She looks really disappointed again before straightening up and offering me her hand.
"My name is Ruby Rose, leader of team RWBY. This is my sister Yang, my partner Weiss and my sisters partner Blake." She says as boldly as she can manage. I hesitate before accepting the hand shake.
"Giles Flynn. Nice to meet you all, your still not taking my Gun Sword with you."
Ruby visibly deflates a bit before giving Giles a friendly smile. Yang hugs her sister with a squee.
"Aw my little sister making friends all over the place now. Come on Mask lets get some lunch so my sister can keep talking to you about those guns you have." Yang offers to me.
"Sure i guess." Giles mutters, realizing that he was just invited to lunch with four beautiful girls.
"Awww, hes blushing. Whats wrong not used to girls?" Yang teases.
"Not really used to people at all honestly." Giles says quietly, reaching for his gas mask to hide his embarrassment.
"Now now, no need to hide there Mask. Come on lets go." Yang says as she grabs my arm and drags him towards the cafeteria with a laugh.
Giles looks back as the rest of the team follow with small grins on their faces from the sisters antics. Giles sighs and decides to just go with it. Its not like he was going to be sociable by himself.
There we go that should be the latest chapter. Sorry Weiss and Blake said only one line each but i have more planned for them at lunch, at least Weiss currently. I skipped the day planning his cover story so that it will be revealed along with the truth behind it as we move along. Should be fun.