Alright here is chapter 26, with a little interesting scene. If anybody went to ready ShadowofAxios' Team GRAY chapter, a certain character went with them. So per permission from Shadow, I got temporary usage of Indigo Cole, for a couple of weeks at the least. So let us begin. I own nothing except my ideas and OC's. Indigo Cole belongs to ShadowofAxios.

Aria sighed as she walked beside the shadow user and temporary resident. Indigo Cole, who was heading to the cliff that overlooked the Emerald Forest, apparently Ozpin wanted Indigo to prove his place here, and since Aria needed to complete hers, they were going to be temporary partners. They arrived and saw Glynda there is a substitute, she was suspicious of Indigo, but after a very concealed explanation, she agreed on the terms that she was the one who overlooked their Initiation. "Ready to go Foxy"? Indigo asks. Aria's eye twitched, ever since their second meeting and rematch, (which she won with a great deal of difficulty) he had taken to calling her by her last name, to point out her fox heritage, yet he means it without any real hostility, or else he would face another metal boot to the groin again.

Inside, Team GRAY, RWBY, and JNPR were all watching the screen, this was a personal Initiation, due to Indigo's request to lay low, Ozpin agreed to making it so only the three teams could view it. Team CFVY was on a mission, so they couldn't make it. "I wonder how this will go down"? George asks, eating on popcorn. "I don't know, they were a tad bit hostile when they first met up again, I remember Aria chased him across the entirety of Beacon for a rematch". Ryan reminds. Yang snickered at the memory. "Everybody be quiet! It's about to start"! Ruby silences, eating cookies. The others nodded before going to watch.

Aria was on her platform in a ready stance, Indigo standing on his in a relaxed stance, his tomahawks out. Glynda stared at the two, noticing their vast differences. "This will be interesting". Glynda musses to herself. "As I'm sure, you both are aware of what is ahead, so I will skip the introduction". Glynda began. "The goal is simple and the same, get to the forest temple and retrieve an artifact, there are only two so no need to get picky". Glynda explains while they nod. "Get ready". Glynda ordered while Aria lowered her stance, flicking her wrist, allowing her claws on her gauntlets to extend. Indigo simply twirled his tomahawks into a reverse grip, holding them by the blade, through the hole in the middle of it. Glynda pressed a button on her scroll, launching the two into the air, beginning the Initiation of Beacon.

Aria morphed the metal she had in her clothes, and kept herself airborne enough to make a soft landing, seemingly slow falling. Indigo took a different approach. He aimed for a tree and shot it with his guns, obliterating the top of it, before using the shadow of the tree, and hopping inside it, and trailed all the way to the ground, beside Aria who was tapping her foot. "Showoff". Aria mutters. Indigo smirked. "Lazy". He counters. Aria growls before walking off, Indigo trailing behind.

The Fox and the Hound duo walked through the Emerald Forest, taking down whatever Grimm decided to come near them. It eventually became a small competition between the two, who could kill more by the end of the initiation. Indigo decapitated a Beowolf with his tomahawk. "25". He counts. Aria slashed a Beowolf to shreds and blasted a hole in a Ursa's chest with a shot. "27". Aria counts with a smirk. Indigo smirks before twirling his tomahawks and shooting two Beowolves behind Aria. "27". He mocks. Aria growled.

The onlookers at Beacon watched as the two competed, George keeping a tally for every kill, since he knew that one of them would over count their kills. Ruby was staring at Indigo's tomahawks, awed at their design. Ash watched as Aria got increasingly irritated at the shadow user, her competitive side which rivaled his, coming out.

Aria and Indigo arrived at the temple and went to the artifacts. Aria's eye twitched when she saw the artifacts, Indigo raising an eyebrow. One of them was a fox, and the other a hound. "He's mocking us isn't he"? Indigo asks. "Yeah...I'll burn his coffee stash later". Aria answers. "Count me in". Indigo agrees.

In Ozpin's office, Ozpin shivered, as he felt his precious coffee stash in danger.

The two grinned with a devious edge to it. Even though they were rivals, they had some likes. "Well, lets move out, I would rather like to get some sleep, the White Fang don't exactly give you good resting quarters". Indigo mutters, rubbing his back. Aria rolled her eyes before they began their march towards the cliff.

Weiss watched, she was given a concealed version of where Indigo came from, and hearing he was undercover at the White Fang put a bad taste in her mouth. Though with convincing from Ryan, she decided to at least put some form of trust in the man. She watched her teammates cheer for the two, and GRAY watching in some strange fascination. "Am I the only sane one here"? Weiss asks, noticing she's not brooding or cheering.

Aria and Indigo arrived at the ruins which they would need to pass. "So let me see, RWBY's fight was with a Nevermore, JNPR's with a Deathstalker, GRAY's was with some mammoth Grimm, now what awaits us"? Aria names and asks. Indigo shrugs as they continued to walk through. Indigo's eyes darted left and right as a black blur moved between the arches of the old ruins. "Foxy, I think we got trouble". Indigo mutters. "I know". Aria answers, keeping eye and ear on the blur.

The blur leapt at Indigo, who shot at it and leapt away into the shadows as it landed, and turned to them. It was a giant fox like Grimm, which growled at the two, it was as tall as a horse, and had a strange tail which looked like a whip. "Don't. You. Dare." Aria mutters, glaring at Indigo as he prepared to open his mouth.

The Grimm leapt at the two, who dodged. Indigo swung his tomahawks and only met air, the Grimm right behind him. Indigo immediately faded into the shadows as the jaws of the Grimm met nothing. Aria leapt forward and used the remnant metal from previous weapons and shells, and formed a metal gauntlet which she slammed into the Grimm's face, knocking it back. "Indigo, I hope your not going to hide in the shadows". Aria taunts. Indigo smirked as he leapt out and slammed his tomahawks into the Grimm's flank, making it screech and whip Indigo in the face with its tail. "To kill a fox, you need a hound, and I seriously doubt little Foxy can take this thing down". Indigo returns, ignoring the growling Aria at being called 'little'.

Indigo twirled his tomahawks, staring down the Grimm. It leapt at him, which he dodged and shot it in the eye with his wrist mounted crossbow, making it screech. Aria aimed hers and shot it in the other eye, making it screech and hold its eyes. "Now"! Aria shouts. The two leapt forward as the Grimm tried to make sense. Aria tripped the Grimm and held it down with metal, as Indigo jumped on its back and put his tomahawks at the Grimm's neck, before pulling and decapitating the Grimm.

The two panted as it collapsed, and began to fade. "Good job, your not half bad". Indigo says while sheathing his tomahawks. "You too". Aria says while retracting her claws. Indigo grinned before ruffling Aria's hair. "I didn't expect the little fox to take out the Alpha". Indigo taunts, only to get the wind knocked out of him as Aria slammed a elbow into his stomach. "Let's go, we're almost done". Aria says as she walked off, ignoring Indigo's various fox and hound jokes.

And there we go, with Aria and Indigo's Initiation. I know it's different, because they're not in a team, so there's no need to do any kind of finisher. Anyway, a very interesting chapter will be next, you'll see. R&R This is Oathkeeper317 signing out.