(AN: So I want to apologize beforehand for the late update but my personal life has been kind of a shitshow right now so I can't promise a consistent timetable for future chapters. Just whenever I feel like it I guess.)
"I just don't understand it." Professor Goodwitch declared as she paced in front of Ozpin's desk as the headmaster himself held his head in his hands, also in disbelief.
"Glynda, I can't say that I do either, but it happened regardless and we need to accept it, and make Lu Bu a teacher." He said with a sigh.
The blonde professor stopped and scowled, staring at her colleague. "If that man killed over two hundred fifty creatures of grimm in less than one day, how many men do you think fell to his blade in that other world?" She inquired. "How many huntsmen and huntresses do you know of that can fight for more than twelve hours without supplies, rest or even aura?! He's a living torrent of death and destruction and you just expect us to just place our trust in that man?!"
"I agree." Ozpin said with a nod. "But he's also a valuable asset and if we're going to take the fight to Her doorstep, I sincerely believe Lu Bu is our best chance. You saw the same footage I did, Professor. He moved faster than Ms. Rose when she used her semblance with strength far overshadowing Ms. Xiao Long under the same power. You saw the creatures of grimm display fear in front of an enemy; something that has never been seen or heard of in the history of Remnant. For too long we have been attempting to fight evil with good and it has only been a stalemate so far. I believe that now may be an opportunity to fight evil with evil and push back hard." He then bit his lower lip and sighed. "But if we're to trust each other, we need to be completely honest with each other."
"Professor." She started. "You're not seriously thinking about-"
"I'm afraid I am. I must tell Lu Bu that I did not expect him to survive his trial and that we were only going to accept his daughter into the academy." The silver-haired man interrupted.
Professor Goodwitch shook her head. She didn't like the idea, but if it was Ozpin's decision, then that was that. "By the way, I analyzed the footage a little closer and noticed that the General's aura did in fact unlock. One of the extremely rare circumstances in which a person does it themselves in dire situations. His semblance was also then used in the following second it happened, then his aura suddenly disappeared."
Ozpin raised an eyebrow at the statement. The use of a semblance did in fact wear down a person's aura, but not sap it immediately.
Noticing the Headmaster's confusion, she elaborated. "As his aura level rose and hit fifteen percent, the lightning bolt hit his halberd, which is when he began his killing spree. The aura then vanished and his semblance allowed him to move at blistering speeds with colossal strength."
"So in his semblance allows for mass slaughter at the cost of aura?" Ozpin asked, which received a nod in reply. "Most interesting. I shall have to speak with Mist-Master Lu Bu." He corrected himself "About this revelation. In the meantime, I suggest you prepare your classroom for the day's orientation."
Goodwitch complied and left with a nod.
Lingqi's eyes slowly opened when a deep grunt made its way to her ears. She had fallen asleep in a chair at her father's bedside and used her forearms for pillows during the night.
She looked to her father's eyes and noticed the Flying General starting to rouse himself. Lingqi herself awoke immediately and planted a hand on his bare shoulder as he attempted to rise. "Father, please stay. You need to rest."
He tried to rise again until he looked into his daughter's eyes and saw that familiar stalwart gaze. The same gaze he saw when she first wanted to take to the battlefield or when he told her to flee. The look that told him there was no point in arguing as she would get her way one way or the other.
He sighed and leaned against the pillow of the bed, his muscles screaming out in pain. "How long have I slept?"
"Just the previous night. The sun is only rising now." Lingqi replied. "What do you remember?"
"Slaughtering hundreds of beasts yesterday and then close to sundown… my mind goes blank."
Lingqi let out a quiet chuckle as she smiled. "It is because you annihilated any others who dared stand in your way before exhausting yourself. The Headmaster brought you back here to rest. They think you should remain like so for two weeks, if not more."
Lu Bu nodded slowly. What she explained definitely sounded like him, aside from fainting out of exhaustion.
He then opened his mouth to inquire further when in walked Professor Ozpin grasping his coffee mug with a woman with short brown hair, green eyes clad in an azure long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans with a beaded bracelet around her right wrist.
Ozpin gave the Flying General and his daughter a nod. "Master Lu Bu, Ms. Lingqi. I would like to congratulate the both on you on surviving your trials. This is Professor Peach, the woman in charge of assigning students to their dorms as well as a teacher of biology. If you would so kindly follow her to team RWBY's dorm so that the five of you may attend classes for today, she will also give you a standard Beacon Academy uniform."
Lingqi looked to her father for permission as he nodded back. Professor peach then let out a cough into her hand.
"Aren't you forgetting something, Professor?" She asked quietly.
His eyebrows shot up and reached into his back pocket, producing a small gold-coloured box with four rectangular slits on each side and a green jewel in the middle and handed it to the daughter of the Demon.
She grasped it with both hands and thought she recognized it somewhere when Ozpin began explaining.
"When you handed in your weapon last night and were integrated into the Academy, we modified your weapon to make it less cumbersome. Press the jewel, but please back away first." He said with a chuckle.
Lingqi complied and in an instant, the blades of Soaring Wings extended from the slits in the box and she began swinging it experimentally, satisfied with the weight. "And if I desire to part the blades?"
"There is a small button in the corner of the box that controls the magnetic locks keeping it together. Simply press down on it."
She did so and sure enough, the weapon bifurcated, separating the top half of the box. "The magnets are drawn only to the specific metals embedded in the weapon and are strong enough to re-attach from up to fifty feet away."
Intrigued, Lingqi set down one half of the weapon in one are of the room, walked to the other side of it and pressed the button again and the two halves became one again. Lingqi pressed the jewel again and her beloved instrument of death folded into a palm-size box.
"Most interesting. Do I have to worry about accidentally activating it?"
Ozpin shook his head. "The jewel also hides a device that will only allow it to unfold when your hand presses on it."
"If that's everything, we really should be going." Professor Peach added in. With that, Lingqi exited the room, giving her father one last look as she left, letting the Professor take the lead.
Once the door had closed, Lu Bu casually looked to the Headmaster. "Why exactly are you here?"
"Do you mind if I sit?" The General ignored the question and Ozpin sighed as he took a seat in the chair Lingqi left. "Master Lu Bu." He started, gazing into the brown liquid in his mug. "I honestly didn't expect you to survive your trial. I thought for sure you would've been killed by the Creatures of Grimm and left for dead. I truly was only going to accept Ms. Lingqi into the Academy after your death."
At the statement, Lu Bu could only laugh. "You fool. Do you honestly think you are the first man to underestimate my strength?" Ozpin looked up, shocked by his response. "Others have done the same but the only differences between them and you are that they are dead now and they didn't save my daughter's life." His voice became much more threatening as he glared at the silver-haired man. "She is only reason you are alive right now. I know what you think of me, Professor. A beast of war, only useful for fighting the battles you can't win. I will work with you to fight whatever enemies you fight, if only for Lingqi's sake."
Ozpin was at a loss for words as his mouth went dry upon hearing the General's tone.
"But know this; if anything happens to Lingqi, I will rip your head from your body with my bare hands and your skull will adorn my spear as a trophy." He whispered.
"I understand, Master Lu Bu. But that was not my only purpose for coming here. I would also like to discuss the events of last night."
Lu Bu listened as the Headmaster described the function of a semblance and what his and his daughter's were.
Lingqi followed Professor Peach to team RWBY's dorm after they had made a short detour to the academy's requisition department and picked up a uniform for her and after making sure there was nothing else the daughter of the Demon needed, she departed. Lingqi then knocked on the door and awaited a response.
"Come in!" A voice that she knew belonged to Ruby answered. She entered to see the little reaper dressed in her uniform and signature scarlet cloak along with Weiss, Blake and Yang rearranging the room to meet their own personal standards. "Hey Lingqi!" She greeted happily. "How's it goin'?"
The silvery-blonde girl smiled back. "I'm fine, Ruby. I see that you've made this room your own." She declared, gesturing to the unstable bunk beds.
"Oh yeah." Yang said with a grin as she straightened the poster behind her bed. "This might be the best idea you've ever had, sis."
"Shouldn't you change into your uniform?" The heiress inquired to the other girl.
"You can shower first if you want to." Ruby said, pointing to the bathroom.
Lingqi nodded her thanks and did so, removing her armor before stepping into the shower and letting the hot water run over her body. She had to admit; maybe living in this world wasn't so bad compared to the Three Kingdoms.
She then stepped out of the stall, towelled down and donned her uniform but before she exited the bathroom, something in the corner of her eye caught her attention. She turned and looked into the mirror and the girl she saw was not herself. This girl did not resemble the daughter of the mighty Lu Bu whatsoever. She then looked back at her armor and picked up the armband she wore over her left bicep but even then, she wasn't satisfied. Her eyes then fell on the tiara and she smiled to herself. Taking off the armband, she slipped the small crown over her hair and looked into the mirror once again.
Though clothed slightly differently, she could still plainly identify herself as Lu Bu's daughter, the red feathers in her tiara identical to the ones in her father's headdress.
Satisfied with the modification to her uniform, she left the bathroom with her other clothes under her arm and saw her new red-clad friend poring over a tome with a pencil in hand.
"At nine we've got-"
"Did you say nine o clock?!" Her partner shouted.
"Umm…"
"It's eight fifty-five you dunce!"
With that, she took off like a shot down the hall, the rest of the team including Lingqi close behind.
"But I haven't had breakfast yet!" Yang called out.
"After first period, Yang!" Blake interjected.
The five sprinted towards their first class and after arriving, lent Lingqi their supplies until she had an opportunity to get her own.
They listened to Professor Port drone on and on about his previous exploits and the occasional tidbit of useful information until Weiss confronted a species of beast Lingqi had no previous knowledge of.
When the team split up, with Ruby and her partner heading one way, Lingqi decided to follow Yang and Blake to lunch to talk about their lives before Beacon.
After the other members of RWBY had explained their upbringings, it came Lingqi's turn and she told them the whole truth; how her father was a legendary general in the land she had originally come from, how hard she had fought at the battle of Xiapi, how they were both about to be executed before being swept away in the winds to Remnant and told Blake and Yang that she had no other purpose in life than to fight for her survival before now.
As they munched on their food, the black and blonde girls could hardly believe the story Lingqi had told.
"So your dad's in the infirmary right now, soon to be our combat professor?" Blake inquired.
The question earned a nod from Lingqi. "That is the position the Headmaster promised him."
Then as if on cue, the massive man approached from behind clothed in a sleeveless black shirt and red jeans. "I trust your class went well?"
"Father!" She shouted happily with a smile, wrapping her arms around his chest in a very quick hug before pulling back and bowing to him. "I thought you were ordered to stay in bed for the next few days."
He chuckled as he sat, his lungs shouting in protest at the unnecessary movement. "We both know it doesn't take that long for me to recover from a fight." His gaze then shifted to the other two girls on the opposite side of the table. "Are these your friends?"
She nodded and introduced them both.
"So what do we call you? Professor or General?" Yang asked.
Lu Bu opened his mouth but Lingqi beat him to it. "Master. Just Master Lu Bu will be sufficient I believe." She declared, turning her head to the Demon as he nodded with a small smirk.
"So how much longer until you are able to teach?" Blake asked.
"Two days. Ozpin said he would like for myself to perform a so called 'strength test' tomorrow and after that, classes will begin." He looked at all three of his future students. "Can I trust you to be ready?" Lingqi smiled and nodded without hesitation, followed by a "Bring it on!" from Yang and a slow nod from Blake.
"Good. I will not make my classes easy on any of you." He added before departing, his gaze lingering on Lingqi as he left.
"Wow. Can't say my dad's that cold." Yang declared with a light laugh. "Was it tough growing up with him on the battlefield, Lingqi?"
She shook her head before returning to her food. "Not at all. His first concern was always me and my safety. Despite my insistence that I was fine, I might add. Even when I would help him when he appeared overwhelmed, he would say he was only up against those odds because he wanted to be."
"Why would someone ever want to be outnumbered?" Blake asked quizzically.
Lingqi merely shrugged. "Truthfully, I have no idea. But in every battle he fought save for that last one, he succeeded despite being outnumbered ten to one."
Yang bit into her sandwich and chuckled. "Yeah, he definitely looks like someone who can handle himself."
They finished their meals, toured the campus for a while longer and when the sun descended, Lingqi retrieved her clothes from RWBY's dorm, received orders from Ruby to meet at their dorm first thing each morning from now on and changed into her new sleepwear in her own room before falling into sleep's sweet embrace.