Author Notes: Hello everyone! Happy to writing another chapter for you guys! Now I will need responses on somethings such as Arkos and if you want me to keep Phyrra alive. Please write in the reviews what would be more preferable. If not I will have to go with my better judgement which may not be "better." So please tell me what would be better for you guys, but for right now lets dive right in!

Beacon Academy: Team RWBY's Dorm Room

While everyone got ready for class the two teams began to discuss among themselves their opinions on their new friends. Team JNPR entered Team RWBY's room so they could all talk together about the subject.

"So guys, whatcha think of our new friends?" asked Ruby excitedly as they checked their weapons for the sparing class after history class.

"Well, lets go in order of each mercenary and each of us will say a few words on him," said Weiss thinking logically and she told everyone to gather round her and they began. "But before we begin, we all have to agree that they are extremely violent," added Weiss and everyone nodded.

Scout

Ruby: Funny, and cool, but a little cocky.

Weiss: Narcissistic, rude, but he has his moments.

Blake: Loud, but loyal.

Yang: Awesome! And has sweet moves!

Jaune: Cool, violent, but also supportive in some ways.

Nora: Really funny! And he broke Cardin's arm better than I could have!

Phyrra: Impressively quick, but very smug and thinks to much of himself.

Ren: A good person, if a little misguided.

Soldier

Ruby: Loud, cool, and has great stories, but I don't understand most of them.

Weiss: Loud, and annoying, but he seems smart on the field of battle.

Blake: Too loud.

Yang: He's kinda funny, but I don't understand him.

Jaune: A good man, but a little crazy.

Nora: Has awesome fighting moves! He used his Rocket Launcher to launch himself into the sky!

Phyrra: A good leader, but way to loud.

Ren: Very loyal in what he believes in.

Pyro:

Ruby:...

Weiss...

Blake:...

Yang:...

Jaune:...

Nora: Creepy but funny!

Phyrra:...

Ren:...

Demoman

Ruby: As drunk as my uncle, but he seems to be a nice guy.

Weiss: Drunk and disgusting, but he seems to be an honest man.

Blake: Drunk but it works for him somehow.

Yang: He's drunk as hell, but still makes great jokes!

Jaune: An honest man, who knows what he is.

Nora: He's really funny, and has the best burps!

Phyrra: He is an excellent fighter, especially for someone so drunk.

Ren: I feel that he wouldn't be the same man if he didn't drink, and I prefer the man I see right now.

Heavy

Ruby: Huge, and caring for such a scary looking man.

Weiss: Hard to understand, but he does seem to have a good heart and care for his teammates.

Blake: He has the heart of a man who has a family back on his home planet. I feel a little sad for him.

Yang: Freaking awesome! He is so strong and has the coolest gun ever!

Jaune: He cares a lot for his team, and a very good cook have you guys tried his Sandvich.

Nora: He always makes me laugh when he talks, and his gun is massive! I love it!

Phyrra: A very gentle person for someone so big, though that is unless your his opponent.

Ren: Out of all the mercenaries, he seems to be the most caring and friendly of them all.

Engineer

Ruby: Smart, and has a cool robot arm.

Weiss: Intelligent and polite. I have nothing bad to say about him.

Blake: A good person who cares for people no matter who they are.

Yang: A genius! He can make tiny turret, or a massive one, its amazing!

Jaune: He is a kind man, and always so polite.

Nora: He makes teleporters!

Phyrra: One of the smartest and generous men I have seen. He told me one of his inventions heals and gives ammo to teammates.

Ren: Very polite and friendly for such a smart man who could be rolling in money.

Medic

Ruby: Smart and curious... a little to curious.

Weiss: A very smart man, but incredibly creepy and border line insane.

Blake: For a man so efficient in the medical field, he can really ruin it by reminding you that he wants you to be his next test subject.

Yang: He's got really cool stuff! But yeah he does give me the creeps.

Jaune: He could be really good addition to society, if he didn't make me feel like he was X-raying me.

Nora: He's cool, and that shiny red thing is awesome. But he makes me feel weird every time he looks at me.

Phyrra: He's undeniably a genius in his field, but it's very unsettling when he talks about samples and things like that.

Ren: For a doctor, he is pretty crazy.

Sniper

Ruby: He's so cool, calm, and the best shot I have ever seen!

Weiss: A horrible, uncivilized, beast who almost killed me!

Blake: A man that is all about being professional.

Yang: He has some cool sniper rifles to choose from, he showed me a few. But I just can't behind the jar of piss.

Jaune: He seems to an all around decent guy, besides throwing jars of pee.

Nora: Has the best strategy ever! Throwing urine will make everyone stop in their tracks!

Phyrra: He is always so calm, it's almost unsettling. He also looks at you as if he is thinking of how to kill you.

Ren: I can tell he is a man that will wait for days and even weeks to kill of one person if thats his job.

Spy

Ruby: Sneaky, and clever.

Weiss: Knowledgable and crafty, but a little nosy.

Blake: Too sneaky, I don't know if I can trust him.

Yang: Has some awesome gadgets. His watch makes him freakin invisible!

Jaune: He's smart, but knows to much about everyone.

Nora: He's cool! I wanna be able to disguise into other people like he does!

Phyrra: He knows how to see through someone and calculate what their weakness is.

Ren: To stealthy to be taken lightly.

They all paused for a few moments, staring at each other before all smiling a bit, cause there was one thing they could all agree on. They were their new friends.

Beacon Academy: Doctor Oobleck's Classroom

Ten minutes later, the mercenaries and the two teams found themselves sitting in Doctor Oobleck's classroom. The mercenaries took a seat in the back as they weren't really part of the class and just there to observe. Doctor Oobleck began talking and the mercenaries how fast he spoke and moved, though they had seen faster from Scout, who was currently falling asleep on the desk.

The class went on about the Faunus war and the battle formation that they faunus took against their opponents. As Doctor Oobleck showed a map on the board and explained the different tactics that were used. Most of the students were to slow to keep up and some like Scout couldn't stay awake. Out of Team RWBY only Weiss and Blake were really paying attention, and out of Team JNPR only Phyrra and Ren were. Ruby, Yang, Jaune, and Nora just weren't as interested and instead doodled or took a nap. As for the mercenaries, Sniper had joined Scout and leaned back with his hat over his eyes and had began to take a nap. Engineer, Spy, and Medic were taking notes about the important facts on faunus and locations they should know. Demoman was drinking from his whisky bottle and playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with Pyro. Heavy was eating a Sandvich, but was listening. However it was Soldier that was most interesting. He was staring intently at the battle map and listening to every word that Doctor Oobleck said about the tactics and skirmishes that were fought.

"So can any tell me what was the severe downfall of the faunus army in this skirmish," Doctor Oobleck said taking a sip form his ever present thermos while pointing to a part of the map where the faunus army clashed with the humans. No one answered, either because they didn't know or weren't paying attention or sleeping. Doctor Oobleck was about to say why but was interrupted by Soldier who got up and marched down to the center of the classroom and taking out his Disciplinary Action whip he smacked the board with it. It let out a resounding crack which brought everyones attention to the board and woke anyone who was asleep. His face was deadly serious as he looked around and then began.

"You maggots today need to know what it's like on the battlefield! The reason they failed was because of the right flank," he smacked the Disciplinary Action to where the faunus army's right flank was, "attacked the humans from the south!" He traced the route with his whip and then continued, "If they had attacked from the west and then followed up with an attack on the north with the left flank they would have won in a matter of hours!" He yelled using his whip to show the directions that should have been taken. "The same goes for the battle down here," he said moving his Disciplinary Action down to another battle ground on the map, "They chose to attack head on and try to come up from behind, however it was so predictable that they ended up failing miserably! If they had attacked head on and then retreated slightly, split up and attack the sides they would have been able to win despite them being at a disadvantage," he whipped the map at the appropriate locations that would have resulted in a successful victory, "that is why they lost the war, due to sloppy mistakes such as these! These are important to learn so that history does not repeat itself. IS THAT CLEAR MAGGOTS!" He roared and everyone sat up straight and nodded taking notes. He had scared everyone straight out of the usual stupor that filled the classroom. Doctor Oobleck looked at Soldier impressed unable to say anything. Soldier kept looking around to make sure everyone was taking notes, and then, satisfied with himself he put away the Disciplinary Action and walked back to his seat.

"Incredible, Mister Soldier, simply incredible!" praised Doctor Oobleck, "May I ask that you attend my classes to assist me at times when you are free?" The other mercenaries looked at Soldier astonished that out all of them he had been the first to offered the close to the equivalent of a job. Soldier grinned and saluted, "Yes Sir!"

As class ended and everyone filed out, Team RWBY and Team JNPR walked over to the mercenaries and began to walk together towards the sparring arena. "Wow Soldier you completely blew me away," said Ruby looking up Soldier in awe. The other students agreed impressed with out he took over despite him being the least likely to take over a class. Spy snorted and puffing out some smoke said, "Soldier is not smart in many ways, in fact he is down right stupid usually. But when it comes to the field of war, there is no other person more suited than him."

Soldier, who had been about strangle Spy for the comment about him being stupid, stopped himself and just puffed out his chest saying, "You must learn from the best! I will show you how real Americans fight! Now off to the arena, its time to see your skills in action!" The other mercenaries cheered along with him, eager to see what their Huntsman in training had to offer in terms of fighting.

Beacon Academy: Sparring Arena

The group entered the arena and all took their seats around the arena. They chatted with each other, the mercenaries excited to see the fights that the students would perform. They stopped talking as Professor Goodwitch walked in with a PDA in her hand which she was scrolling through names of students to match them up. She then announced the rules to everyone as always and then she chose the first pair of fighters.

"Phyrra Nikos VS Yang Xiao Long!"

The two got up with encouragement from their respective teammates. The mercenaries sat back in their seats and got ready to inspect to the fight that would unfold. Phyrra and Yang walked down to the arena and readied their weapons. When they were ready they met at the middle and shook hands. "Get ready Nikos!" said Yang grinning a lot like Scout would. "Don't let your guard down Yang," replied Phyrra smiling back. They went to their respective sides and waited for the signal. The large screen on top of the arena showed the two contestants names and their aura levels. Then Professor Goodwitch gave the signal and the fight began.

Yang charged immediately and let out two shots with her gauntlets, Ember Celica, at Phyrra who blocked them with her shield and countered with a shot from her spear, Milo which was also a rifle, and Yang had to roll out of the way to avoid the bullet. They both straightened up and began to circle each other waiting for the opening to strike. Finally Yang charged again, closing the distance first before taking a few swings at Phyrra who blocked a few with her shield and dodged a few others. She swung her spear upward and hit Yang in the gut and causing her to stumble back. Phyrra followed up immediately by throwing her shield like a saw blade which Yang punched away but Phyrra used her Polarity to direct the shield right back at Yang and did over and over as Yang continued punching it away tiring her out and even letting a few hits in. Phyrra advanced and stabbed Milo forward and caught Yang straight into the chest, causing her to fly backward into a wall and her aura to go down into the yellow. Phyrra retrieved her shield and walked forward as Yang got up her semblance kicking in (The more damage she takes the more powerful she gets). She got and her hair crackled with fire, her usual lilac iris turing red, and she propelled herself forward by shooting her gauntlets backward and pulled her fist back as far she could and attempted to smash Phyrra in the face but Phyrra, predicting her anger easily, ducked and stabbed upward catching Yang in the chest once again and dropping her aura to the red. She fell, sliding a little on the ground before resting against the wall. Her hair and eyes had returned to normal and she struggled to give up as Professor Goodwitch walked onto the arena. "Yang Xiao Long's aura is now in the red, Phyrra Nikos is the winner of this match," she turned to Yang as got up and said, "Miss Xiao Long next time you must be less reckless. You were to predictable."

Yang and Phyrra walked up to the stands and met their teammates who complimented both. "You did your best Yang!" said Ruby, hugging her half-sister. Yang smiled and shook hands with Phyrra saying, "Good match Phyrra."

"I agree," said Phyrra smiling as she took a seat next to Jaune. Meanwhile the mercenaries were discussing among themselves. "Well, I don't see much to improve with Miss Nikos," said Spy taking a drag from his cigarette, "But Yang must improve her technique. She seems to be most comfortable with brute strength. Heavy maybe you should help her a little," Spy suggested as Heavy watched Yang converse with her teammates. He had been very impressed with her strength, but there are many things he could improve that would make even better. He nodded smiling. "I will help little blonde girl become the best fighter ever!"

Professor Goodwitch scrolled through her PDA again, looking for another matchup and announced, "Ruby Rose Vs Lie Ren!"

Ruby got up, basically bouncing with excitement, while Ren got up as passive as normal, and they made their way down to the arena. Nora was yelling encouragement to her childhood friend. "Take her out Ren! You can win this easily!"

Yang was about to object, but Weiss beat her to it and stood up and faced Nora bristling. "Oh yeah? I think you should remember that he is dueling against Ruby Rose!" They stared each other down fire in each others eyes. Weiss would never admit it, but she really liked her leader, even though she was immature and younger.

The mercenaries looked down at the arena, watching the to combatants reading their weapons. They were all curious to see how the younger leader fought and the quiet emotionless Ren dealt with it. The two shook hands and got to their position and awaited the signal from Professor Goodwitch. She took a minute to set up the large screen to show the two combatants with their aura levels and then gave the signal.

Ruby shot herself forward with the rifle built into her large scythe, Crescent Rose, and sliced at Ren who ducked expertly and shot upward with his duel automatic handguns, Storm Flower, and scored a few shots on Ruby lowering her aura a little. She landed on her feet behind Ren and swung her scythe in an arc around her catching Ren in the back and swinging him towards the wall. He landed on the wall with his feet and propelled himself off it and used his automatic handguns as swords, with the large blade and the bottom of them, and slashed quickly as to not give Ruby time to block. She took a few hits, but used her semblance, the ability to turn into a torpedo of roses and move at incredible speeds, and backed away and shot a few shots form her rifle while Ren was still swinging. It hit him straight in the head, lowering his aura a considerably, and causing him to retreat and catch his breath. Ruby shot at him but was reckless and sloppy and missed, which gave Ren time to recover slightly. He then ran forward and used his hands to fight Ruby, disarming her and engaging her in hand to hand combat. Ruby, seeing that she had no chance without her weapon, used her semblance and charged right into Ren and launched him into the wall. While Ren got up, Ruby grabbed her scythe and shot her self forward once again with it and slashed downward, hitting Ren in the chest and lowering his aura all the way to the red. She stepped back and wiped her brow as Professor Goodwitch tapped her PDA a few times and then turned to stands. "Lie Ren's aura is now in the red, Ruby Rose is the winner of this match!"

Yang cheered while Blake just said a small "yay". Weiss turned to Nora and smiled smugly, while Nora was looking at Ren with worry. Ren got up, winded and defeated, but as humble as always, and shook hands with Ruby as they walked up to their seats again. As they sat down Nora tried to explain away Ren's lose as a hoax but Weiss just said that Ruby had better skills. Ruby and Ren tried to stop a conflict and thankfully succeed and they sat down as Professor Goodwitch scrolled through her PDA for the third time. Meanwhile, the mercenaries were discussing the pros and cons of the battle. Sniper sat quietly, not adding to the conversation, but he was thinking about Ruby missing her shots. He could tell that she could be a very successful sniper but she would need training. He grinned and laid out a plan.

Professor Goodwitch scrolled through her PDA for the third time and was about to announce the last two fighters when Scout stood up yelling, "Hey, what about we get two of us to fight, huh! I nominate Pyro to fight!" Professor Goodwitch stared at him for a second and was about to object when Soldier also stood up and yelled, "You think your nomination is gonna win! I nominate my best buddy Demoman to take on your fighter!" Scout turned to Soldier and grinned. "Bring it on!" Professor Goodwitch was about object again, when she stopped. "Maybe it would be good for the students to see experienced fighters duel," she reasoned and she beckoned the two nominees to come down.

Demoman and Pyro walked down to the arena and helped her put it 175 health for both of them on the board (Both of them in the game with default load outs have 175 health, and i'm not adding 25 health to Demo when he puts on the Bootlegger or something). The rule was that if the health got to 5 they had to stop as not kill each other. Medic was on the sidelines in case something happened, one of his medi-guns that could heal wounds even quicker than the default medi-gun but could not grant full invunlerablitiy called the Quick-Fix out was out and ready. He did however give both Demo and Pyro special Über canisters which activated the moment the person it was one was about to die. Then it would Über them so they wouldn't die and start giving them some health back so when it ended after ten seconds, the user wouldn't drop dead anyway.

The two mercenaries walked up to each other and instead of shaking hands they gripped one of each others hands and performed the Skullcracker taunt, basically a very powerful headbutt. They both cheered, though Pyro was very muffled, and they both walked to their positions and awaited the signal. Professor Goodwitch hesitated for a second but then gave the signal.

Demoman equipped the Iron Bomber and launched the bouncy grenades towards Pyro who used his default Flamethrower to air blast them away by using the Flamethrower's compression blast. They rolled away from Pyro and exploded in an area where both opponents didn't suffer any damage. Demoman used the distraction to equip the Splendid Screen and the Scotsman Skullcutter and charged at Pyro slicing down at the perfect time to earn the critical hit but was countered Pyro's Scorch Shot which lit him on Demo on fire and pushed him back just enough to only graze Pyro with the large axe. Pyro switched to the Axetinguisher as quickly as it could but the slow switch speed gave Demo enough time to back up and equip his Sticky Jumper and placed the non damaging sticky at his feet and launched himself backward away from Pyro. By the time Pyro swung the Axetinguisher, Demo was across the arena taking slow damage from being set on fire. He laughed slowly saying, "You always were hard to beat, ya bloody mute!" Pyro did his default melee taunt and strummed his Axetinguisher like a guitar, then switched to the Flare Gun and shot a flare at Demo, aiming to get a critical hit since the Flare Gun did crits on burning people. Demoman dodged and taking out his Loose Cannon he blasted a cannon bomb at Pyro who quickly switched to the fast switching Degreaser and air blasted the bomb away. Once again, the bomb detonated to no effect to the fighters. At this point Demo had stopped burning, the health was Demoman: 92 and Pyro: 156. Demo had taken damage from the Scorch Gun's initial damage and a good chunk of health was taken away by the fire damage. The only hit Pyro had taken so far was the graze of the Scotsman Skullcutter. Demo grabbed his Scottish Resistance and placed some on a spot ten feet away from Pyro then launched a few at Pyro itself. It began to move, so as not to waste to much Flamethrower ammo air blasting, and took a bit of damage when it wasn't fast enough to dodge one. It looked up and grabbed a weapon which made Demoman and all the other mercenaries in the stands cringe. The Pholgistinator. It charged forward, flames spewing from the Pholgistinator and Demo, panicking, equipped the default Grenade Launcher and fired grenades toward Pyro, but missed all but once and soon became covered in flames. He retreated, still on fire as Pyro chased him taking off damage as it went. After a while they stopped moving, Demo was at 22 health while Pyro still had 38, and Pyro did the "mmph" taunt with the Pholgistinator, which would give him critical hits if did enough damage, and stared down Demo with dangerous weapon crackling with crits. However, Demo grinned evilly and took out his Scottish Resistance once again, and laughed. Pyro turned its head confused, until it looked down and realized that Demo had led it straight to the spot where he had placed the Scottish Resistance stickies earlier. The ones he had purposely placed ten feet away to make a trap. Is at this moment Pyro realized, it fucked up... Pyro gave out a loud "mmph!" before Demoman detonated the stickies and a massive explosion covered the Pyro.

Students gasped and everyone, besides the mercenaries, though that Pyro had been killed. However,, as the smoke cleared, Pyro was reavealed still alive and completley intact, though it's body was glowing with a shiny red metallic light. The Über cannister had worked! Demoman laughed as Pyro slumped it's shoulders and let out a disappointed "mmph." Demoman walked up to it and said one of his favorite lines, "Ah their gonna have to glue you back together... IN HELL!" Then, Demoman seeing the Pyro drooping, put his arm out and said, "Dosey Doe Time!" Pyro immediately lightened up and hook it's arm through Demo's and they did a square dance, to all the student's disbelief. They finished and did a small dance of their own, until they were healed by Medic and returned to their seats.

Professor Goodwitch, who was incredibly relieaved that no one had died, spoke up saying that class was over and that everyone could make their way to the Dining Hall for lunch and that their would be no afternoon classes. Some the students cheered as they began to file out. Team RWBY and Team JNPR were chatting excitedly about the matches, especially the Demo Vs Pyro match. The nine elite fighters hung back a little and discussed among themselves the improvements they were gonna teach to some of the students in Team RWBY and Team JNPR.

And that's a wrap! I really hope you guys enjoyed this. Now I want to do a few more chapters where it's just the mercenaries and Team RWBY/Team JNPR before I add in any villains or real plot. That's all for now. Reviews are always welcome and I will see you in the next chapter... BYE BYE!