A/N: Well guys I'm back and here is chapter 9. I was glad to see my whole family after a few years.

Also, Football season has begun again! GO HAWKS!

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Shade and Petra had continued walking through the forest for the last five minutes hoping that they were going in the right way. A large gunshot sound followed by something flying through the air, landing in front of them, surprised both of them. The thing that landed in front of them was a decapitated Ursa head with a single long blonde hair in its mouth.

"Uh oh." Shade said a bit scared as he noticed the hair.

"Why uh oh?" Petra asked a bit concerned.

Her question was answered as Yang walked out from behind some trees and over to the Ursa head. The color of her eyes were red while her hair was slightly ablaze. She raised her boot to the head and smashed its skull in.

"DON'T MESS WITH MY HAIR!" She screamed at the evaporating head.

Yang turned and noticed both Shade and Petra staring at her in slight fear.

"Hey guys! How's it going?" She asked as she calmed down. Her eyes turned back to their normal lilac color and the flames in her hair died out.

"Hey Yang," Shade responded nervously. "Calmed down yet?"

Yang simply nodded after a few seconds. "So, Who's your partner?" she asked.

"Petra Brown." Petra said introducing herself while holding out her hand. "And you are?"

"Yang Xiao Long" Yang said with a smile as she shook Petra's hand.

"Yang? Are you okay?" a voice called out and a girl with long black hair and golden eyes walked out of the forest..

"Yeah, I'm okay. That Ursa just messed with my hair, that's all." Yang said as she looked over her long blonde hair. "Oh, before I forget. Meet my partner, Blake Belladonna. Blake meet my friend Shade Royal and his new partner Petra Brown.

"Hello." Both Shade and Petra said with a smile and a small wave.

Blake simply nodded and then turned her attention to Yang. "We should continue finding those relics" She said pointing towards a path heading towards a very large clearing.

"Mind if we join you two?" Petra asked.

"Not at all. Feel free to help out if we all run into some Grimm." Yang said and Blake simply nodded.

Both Shade and Petra followed Yang and Blake through the forest striking up a few conversations here and there between the four of them.

"So Yang. How did you and Shade meet?" Petra asked clearly interested in the topic.

"Well, a few weeks ago, me and my little sister Ruby were walking home with Teresa after some lessons she was teaching both of us. We were passing the beach and I had asked Teresa what her semblance was." Yang began as she remembered that day was the first time she captured a Grimm alive. Blake listened in hoping that the conversation would shed some light on the new professor.

"She told us that she never had one due to the fact her Aura was still sealed. Ruby had a little joyful freak out moment and I decided to look out at the beach. Mostly to enjoy the waves but I saw something that didn't belong in the surf. I asked both of them what it was and Ruby decided to investigate what the thing was. She discovered that it wasn't an object but a wounded person passed out. The guy turned out to be Shade's partner Hunter."

"As we were trying to get him home to be patched up, he woke up for a moment and mentioned his partner was still out there before passing out again. Teresa took him to our house while both me and my sister ran down the beach looking for this guy." Yang continued as she pointed her thumb at Shade. "About ten to fifteen minutes later we found Shade here on the beach almost has injured as Hunter was."

"Hunter had a broken arm and was in a coma for almost fourteen hours, as well as cuts and bruises all over his body." Shade added, "I was lucky to only get cut up and bruised but, we both were hurt very badly."

"Yeah this guy woke up a few moments after we found him and both me and Ruby helped him walk back to our house where my dad and Teresa patched them both up. They stayed with us till we arrived at Beacon yesterday." Yang finished as she ducked under a low branch that was hanging over the trail.

"What were you two doing to get injured that badly?" Petra asked Shade with curiosity in her eyes.

"Atlas asked us and a couple of others to pilot an experimental aircraft to Vale and back. After that they were going to pay for the trip back to Vale and give their recommendation to Beacon to let us in." Shade explained. "But, when we neared Vale we were attacked by Grimm and had to eject near Patch. I can say that they needed to fix the emergency pods cause they kinda broke apart when we hit the water."

"I can see that happening." Petra commented off handedly.

"What was professor Silver teaching both you and your sister Yang?" Blake asked after a few moments.

"Well our grandma asked her to teach Ruby how to sense Grimm when she got older before she died." Yang began. Blake visibly twitched at the mention of someone being able to sense Grimm like someone she knew who could do the same thing.

"Our mom disappeared a bit before that happened so she couldn't teach Ruby when she got old enough. When Teresa arrived at our house she gave my dad a letter from our grandma explaining why she was there. She, herself, also has the ability to sense Grimm. Grandma's letter said that she specialized in that skill."

"Wait! That's impossible! There's no way anyone can sense Grimm." Petra interrupted.

"No, it's not impossible. I know someone who can do that as well." Blake said surprising everyone.

"You really should have seen what Ruby did a few days ago." Shade added. "She was wearing a blindfold and had earplugs in while fighting a whole pack of Beowolves. Including an Alpha as well. She took them all out without taking a single hit."

Petra's jaw practically unhinged itself and fell to the ground.

"Can your sister read the Grimm's energy flow yet?" Blake asked.

"No, not yet. Teresa believes she won't be able to due to it's an even rarer talent among those who can sense Grimm energy. So after two months, Teresa explained that instead of trying to teach her to read the flow, she needed to learn to expand how far she can sense the Grimm."

"So what was professor Silver teaching you?" Petra asked.

"Well I can't sense Grimm and I doubt I ever will. Ruby needed Grimm to learn how to sense them and Patch isn't exactly the most Grimm infested island. So, we had to go capture them alive and as many as we could at the time. But another problem was that Teresa had only herself to capture the Grimm. So she decided that she would teach me how to capture live Grimm and have me help carry them back so that Ruby could improve with her lessons." Yang explained.

Everyone nodded but another question was pounding at the back of Blake's mind.

"Do you know where she got that sword?" Blake asked hoping that this question would reveal some very important answers.

"No I don't. But she told us that she had it for most of her life. I first mistook it for my grandma's claymore that was lost when she died. I kinda thought she stole it and was about to fight her to reclaim the sword but Teresa explained that there were other claymores like the one she had and my grandma's. Each one has a different emblem on it though they all do look similar and sometimes the grip's color is different. That and the fact that my grandma's claymore has two emblems on it as well."

A fearful feeling that was building up in Blake since the day before subsided for the first time. It's not His claymore, She thought as all four of them began to enter a clearing. She was about to ask a few more questions but Yang held up her right fist signaling for them to stop.

In the center of the clearing was the ruins that held the relic's they were supposed to retrieve but there were four Beowolves sniffing around the ruins. Shade, Blake and Petra drew their weapons expecting a fight.

"Guys wait. I got this." Yang said as she walked over to the Grimm. Shade immediately understood what Yang was planning on doing but kept his weapons drawn as he watched Yang. As she approached the Grimm they noticed her and charged towards her with the intent to kill.

Yang rushed the Beowolves and then jumped over the closest one and landed right in the middle of all four of them. Right where she wanted them. She lunged her fists at two of the Beowolve's throats and struck them hard enough to cut off airflow for a moment. She repeated the process with the other two Grimm. The Grimm grabbed their throats and tried to gasp for air. Yang got behind one of the Beowolves and struck it on the back of the head with enough force to stun it. She then swept her foot under the Beowolf and knocked it off its feet. As the Grimm fell, she punched it in the jaw with enough force to dislocate it. The moment the Beowolf landed on the ground, it was knocked out cold. Yang turned and repeated the process with the other three Beowolves and a few moments later all four Grimm was out cold.

Yang reached into a pouch she had on the left side of her belt and pulled out four long Kevlar grade ribbons. She made sure that all four Grimm were on their bellies before she tied them up. Once she got done, the Grimm's legs were tied to their arms by the wrists and ankles. Then surprisingly she bent down to each one and made sure that their jaws were attached firmly back in place.

"Hey Yang? Why did you reattach their jaws?" Shade asked.

"If I don't reset their jaws then the injury can cause them to die before I could transport them back. Took me three weeks to figure that part out." Yang explained in detail.

"Do you think this is it?" Petra asked as they neared the ruins. In the center was some extremely well crafted pillars with chess pieces on top of said pillars.

"This is probably the temple that we were supposed to find." Yang commented as she stuffed the tied up Beowolves in a corner of the ruins.

"I guess these are the relics," Shade said as he examined the chess pieces. "Which one should we-" He looked over and saw Petra grab a white queen and Yang grab a white knight.

"How about a cute little pony?" Yang suggested holding up her chess piece.

"That works I guess." Shade shrugged.

The sound of some bushes and trees rustling caught their attention and they quickly armed themselves. Six people ran out of the woods and into the clearing. The group stopped and caught their breath.

"Think we got far enough away from what ever you sensed Ruby?" Hunter asked as he looked around and noticed the four people looking at them.

"I think so." Ruby answered as she saw her sister looking at her.

"Hey it's Shade and Petra!" Hunter announced.

"Yang!" Ruby cried out as she ran over to her sister and gave her a hug.

"Guess I'm wrong with directions." Weiss silently muttered.

"Ruby! And Ice Queen." Yang said while returning the hug.

"Hey!"

"So? Who's with who?" Yang asked. "Got Blake here." she pointed her thumb at Blake while she held the knight piece. "And Shade's with Petra."

"Oh! I'm with Weiss." Ruby said "Jaune's with Pyrrha and Hunter is with Rona."

Hunter walked over to Shade and they quickly shook hands. "I see you found yourself a partner." Shade told his friend.

"Hey, don't call yourself out just yet." Hunter responded.

"Hey Rona!" Petra called out as Rona caught up to Hunter.

"Hi." Rona deadpanned.

The little reunion was interrupted as a loud roar echoed from the forest followed by an explosion. An Ursa stumbled out of the treeline with Nora riding on its back. She let out a loud 'Weeeee!" as the Ursa collapsed and died.

"Aww, its broken." Nora cried.

Another person ran out of the treeline and caught up with the girl.

"Did… Did that girl ride in on an Ursa?" Blake asked a bit bewildered.

Ren stood next to the dead Ursa that Nora was standing on and tried to catch his breath. After a few moments he finally spoke up. "Nora…"

"Yes Ren?" Nora asked with enthusiasm.

"Please don't do that again." He looked up and Nora had disappeared. Ren looked around and saw that Nora was looking at a white rook piece. She picked it up and began singing 'I'm Queen of the castle. I'm Queen of the castle' before earning another 'Nora' from Ren.

"Coming Ren!" She called out.

"Well that's a thing." Yang remarked, "So Rubes? Whatcha gonna choose?"

"That's the artifact we're supposed to retrieve?" Weiss asked as she eyed the piece in Yang's hand. "Ruby, I think we should-"

"Pick the horsey also!" Ruby cheered as she held up the other white knight chess piece in the air. Weiss just let out a sigh.

Hunter looked at the chess pieces and noticed another white queen piece. He decided to grab that one.

Jaune walked over and grabbed the other white rook piece. "Well, that was easy." he said as he held the 'Relic'.

"I guess we should head-" Petra said before she was cut off when a loud roar was heard coming from the forest.

"Oh come on!" Hunter yelled.

What left the forest was the same large Beowolf pack that was chasing Hunter and Rona. That same pack managed to pick up a few Boarbatusks and a couple of Ursa. The Grimm charged at the group.

"Well looks like we fight our way out then." Yang said as she loaded Ember Celica. Everyone else readied their weapons, except for Ruby.

"Ruby?" Weiss asked the young girl as said girl's body trembled and her eyes were wide in fear.

"Do you feel that?" Ruby asked.

"Feel what?" Weiss said clearly aggravated. "Look the Grimm are coming and if we don't-"

"No, I mean that sensation… That energy…" Ruby interrupted.

Yang raised an eyebrow. "You mean something like what Teresa told us during your lessons?"

"Yeah, and it's coming closer."

Everyone noticed Yang change her stance from gun-ho attacking to pure solid defensive. Shade and Hunter followed Yang's lead and mounted their own defensive stance as well. After knowing Yang for a while, they knew she liked to charge head first into a fight. Seeing her take a defensive stance before an opponent even appeared meant only one thing. This was serious.

"What are you two talking about?" Weiss snapped.

A dark shadow loomed overhead as a body of a Deathstalker came crashing down on the group of Grimm. The few that survived stopped running and turned to their assailant.

A woman stepped out of the treeline and into the clearing. She had brown hair that was covered in dirt and cold green eyes that watched the Grimm closely.

"Such pests." The woman muttered. Then as fast as the group of Huntsmen and Huntresses in training could blink, she moved to the remaining Grimm.

"Ohh, I like her." Nora said as she saw the woman crush a charging Boarbatusk with her bare foot.

"Who is she?" Pyrrha asked.

"No idea. Is she a Huntress?" Jaune replied with a wince when he saw the woman decapitate a Beowolf with her bare hands.

"I don't think so, just look at her clothes." Weiss retorted. The woman's clothes were made of old dirty rags which were stained in some places. They continued to watch the woman as she ripped one of the Ursa's in half and then proceeded to slam the other into the ground.

Shade looked over to Ruby and noticed that something was off. "Ruby? Why are you shaking?" he asked as everyone turned their attention for a moment to the young red reaper. They noticed that her entire body was trembling uncontrollably in fear.

"That feeling, it's from her." Ruby whispered only loud enough for the group to hear. "It's the same feeling I got from that cave but it's a lot stronger now."

"Are you sure?" Pyrrha asked as she readied her weapon along with Yang and Blake.

"She's something else." Blake said as her instincts practically screamed at her that the woman was not human.

Shade grabbed a cyan Dust crystal and held it at the ready with his thumb just above the slot for it on Brasa Azul. He then grabbed his pistol and held it at the ready. Hunter quickly reloaded Twin Leaves with a mix of ice, lightning, lava, and earth Dust slug shotgun shells, then aimed at the woman.

As the last of the Grimm here dispatched, the woman then turned to the group. A look of hunger was clear in her eyes. "Well, now that the nuisances are taken care of."

"Alright lady! You may have saved us from those Grimm but who are you?" Yang demanded but stayed on the defensive knowing that this woman was bad news.

"That doesn't matter, girl. What matters is that one of you smell like someone I knew before." the woman said before showing her sharp teeth and then lunged towards the group. A gunshot was heard as the woman fell with a smoking hole in her chest. They all turned towards where the gunshot came from and saw that Ruby was the one who fired. Fear was clearly showing in her silver eyes.

"RUBY!" You… you just shot someone!" Weiss exclaimed.

"I...I… she was going to…" Ruby tried to explain as her fear was increasing.

"Ruby?" Weiss trailed off as she looked back at the woman and saw her get up again. "No way…"

"Simple minded humans." the woman said as her wound sealed itself faster than what even Aura could do. "You don't even know the likes of me!" the woman's fingers and nails turned into claws and her eyes became golden with the pupils becoming slits. "Now, why don't you all just die so I can feast on your delicious Guts!" The woman focused her attention on Blake. "Starting with you!" The woman then attacked her with a swipe from her right clawed hand in a right to left downward motion. Luckily, Blake activated her semblance in time and evaded while her shadow clone took the hit. The woman then evaded a strike from Yang and some rounds from Pyrrha, Ren and Petra's weapons.

"Persistent little brats." the woman said as she evaded a strike from Nora's grenade launcher hammer. She was then pushed backwards from a few of Weiss's Glyphs. "Why don't you all stay still!" That moment the woman released an enormous wave of energy from her body and everyone felt it. The only one in the group who had felt that energy before was Ruby and it was when she sensed it in normal Grimm. But compared to this, normal Grimm were like krill staring down a whale.

"Guys! Keep a good distance from her!" Ruby called out. A memory tugged at the back of her mind and she remembered her second lesson that Teresa had taught her.

"Why do I need to learn how to sense Grimm?" Ruby asked as Teresa, Yang and herself stood in the center of the training area on patch.

"It's a skill you need to learn so you can know where and how strong a Grimm is. Like Aura, the more you practice it the stronger it gets." Teresa explained.

"But why does Grimm emit this energy? They don't have souls so they shouldn't be able to release anything like Aura."

"It is not an Aura like you are familiar with, for it is an energy released by Grimm. This energy has a name and it is called 'Yoki'"

"Yoki?"

"Yoki is like in a sense a Grimm's version of Aura but it functions completely different. But you both should remember what I am about to tell you."

Both Ruby and Yang nodded their heads as they paid close attention to Teresa.

Not only Grimm have Yoki running through their bodies. There's another group that me and my… comrades hunt, they are called…"

"She's an Awakened!" Ruby shouted. As the words left her mouth the fear that was controlling her entire body disappeared completely.

"A what?!" Weiss screeched.

"Shit!" Yang swore. Normally Ruby would be on her sister whenever she cursed but at that moment that word fit the bill of how bad of a situation they were in.

"You. Little girl. What did you just call me?" the woman asked as she stared at Ruby with such murderous intent that it sent shivers down the little red reaper's spine. "You called me an Awakened. How did you know that?!"

"I…"

"ANSWER ME!" the woman demanded as she lunged towards the girl.

"RUBY!" the others yelled, as she closed her eyes for the inevitable.

A loud CLANG sounded over the clearing.

Ruby opened an eye and saw a claymore holding back the woman's claw.

"My, my, I never thought we would ever see each other again, Rosemary." The owner of the sword said with a smile.

"Teresa!" Ruby cried out.

"YOU!" Rosemary snarled in anger. The one person she hated most was now standing in front of her and holding her attack back. "HOW DARE YOU DENY MY FEAST!" Rosemary attacked Teresa with her other claw, only for it to be shot off by a 50 cal. Dust round.

"Stay away from her!" Ruby cried out as she leveled Crescent Rose at Rosemary. The Awakened screamed in both rage and pain.

"Ruby!" Yang yelled as she and the rest of the students prepared to fight for their lives.

"Ruby," Teresa said "You and the others should get away from here. She's out of your league."

"Wha? But Teresa!" Ruby said as she stood her ground. "We can't leave you with her!"

"Yeah!" Yang shouted as she took aim at Rosemary with Ember Celica. The rest of the students nodded in agreement, with the exception of Blake as she was hesitant to either fight or flight.

Teresa looked at them as she still held Rosemary off with her claymore. Their eyes are filled with determination, Teresa thought. Just like the rest of the warriors. "I guess I can't talk you all out of this, can I?" She sighed as she smiled faintly at them. "Better assist me then."

"Right!" they all yelled in unison as they took aim at Rosemary.

Are they all insane!? Blake thought, we need to run away from these… whatever they are! Her mind was screaming at her to run away, but her instincts and soul were screaming back, telling her to stand and fight. At that moment her instincts and soul won out and she stood along with her future teammates and classmates.

Rosemary laughed as she managed to push Teresa back a few meters. "Pathetic, you all are pathetic. Teresa may be here but I have improved over the past few years." Her face began to distort with grotesque features, her teeth sharpened even more. As she released an even more large amount of Yoki her body began to grow, distort and mutate.

"NOW, YOU PATHETIC FOOLS," her body began to transform at a rapid rate. Monstrous features began to form and change Rosemary's body. "Now know true fear!" Rosemary ended her transformation and everyone except for Teresa gasped in fear as they saw her true form. A monster.

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Back on the cliff, the two other professors watched in fascinated horror. The woman had turned into something that shouldn't exist. A tall humanoid beast whose head had no eyes, Rosemary's body was part of the thing's torso. Eight crab like legs supported the creature's body. A massive scaly tail with a long blade like tip moved from side to side. On the creature's hips were two large heads with no eyes and large mouths with rows of sharp teeth. Lastly three pairs of blade like wings of varying sizes sprouted from the creature's back and above the shoulders. Besides the part that was Rosemary's human body, the creature was mostly purple and red with hints of blues and greens. The creature itself looked to be nearly thirty feet tall.

"What… is she, Ozpin?" Glynda asked with fear in her eyes. "That thing does not look like a Grimm at all!"

Ozpin narrowed his eyes. "I believe that the answer lies with Teresa. I am glad that she went to them. Heavens know what that… or she would do."

"We need to assist them as soon as possible." Glynda demanded. "This is beyond the usual initiations."

"I agree, Glynda. I have notified reinforcements and they are on their way. But, I have faith that Teresa can handle the creature."

Professor Goodwitch frowned at this. They both watched as the Awakened Rosemary laugh at the students.

[...]

Rosemary laughed at the students who were shaking in fear. "Now… who is going to die first?"

"Umm, can we still pick run and live?" Jaune asked sheepishly as he held Crocea Mors.

"Nope." Yang said as she examined Rosemary's Awakened form. "Even if we run, she can still catch up to us. I don't even think that Ruby can outrun her."

"I really wish we had Banshee here with us." Hunter stated. Shade nodded in agreement.

"Everyone." Teresa announced as she kept an eye on the Awakened Rosemary. "Keep your distance from her. I fear that she can deplete your Aura in a single hit." Everyone's eyes widened at the information.

"Ruby, you and those who prefer long range combat keep her suppressed. Those who go for closer range are with me. Only do hit and run tactics, do not stay long"

"Got it!" they all called out in unison.

[play any sort of fighting music]

Ruby, Ren, Hunter, Petra and Nora fired their weapons at the Awakened. Shade pressed the Hard light Dust crystal he held into Brasa Azul. The blade glowed cyan in an elegant pattern. Hard light energy erupted from the blade and created an extremely sharp edge that followed the edge of the blade. He swung Brasa Azul at Rosemary. Energy from the Blade was launched and struck the Awakened. Rona followed up by throwing Fire Dust coated shurikens. Weiss created multiple Glyphs then fired multiple large icicles.

Teresa, Blake, Yang, Pyrrha, and reluctantly Jaune charged at the Awakened.

Rosemary covered her human head with her arms and blade wings. As the Dust rounds hit her she growled in anger. "Why you little-" One of Nora's grenades struck the upper part of Rosemary's left arm, causing it to lurch back and expose her side. "Gahhh!"

Rosemary tried to attack Yang with her left claw but it was blocked by Teresa's claymore. She tried to attack with her other claw, only for it to be slashed by Pyrrha. Pyrrha retreated just as the awakened tried to bite at her with the right pelvic head.

"Just stand there and DIE ALREADY!" Rosemary raged. She tried to strike one of her claws at Jaune who was late jumping away. Luckily, Pyrrha threw Akoúo at the claw and it deflected it away from him.

"Such pests!" Rosemary roared as she swung her tail which hit Yang as she charged in.

"Yang!" Ruby cried out as her sister struggled to stand.

"Damn, she hit harder than I thought." Yang said as she winced. "I think I'm at half my Aura now."

"Enough of this!" Rosemary screamed. In a split second she moved behind the people firing at her and swung her tail at them. All of them managed to jump out of the way except Hunter. The tail managed to graze his foot but it was hit with such a force that it made him spin head over foot and landed on his back. His weapons were knocked out of his hands. The Awakened knelt down and picked Hunter up by the torso. She pulled him close and examine him closely.

"My, My. Aren't you handsome. You'll make an excellent meal." Rosemary cooed before she opened her jaw on her human head wider than thought possible, revealing many sharp teeth.

Hunter stared directly into Rosemary's eyes. "Screw… you…" he mumbled.

"Huh? What was that?" Rosemary asked.

"I SAID SCREW YOU!" Hunter yelled as he grabbed the combat knife in his boot and slammed it into Rosemary's left eye. The Awakened screamed in pain and dropped Hunter to the ground. He landed and retreated to safety after he grabbed his weapons.

"You little bastard! I'll KILL YOU!" She screamed as she couldn't pull the knife out of her eye due to her clawed hands were too large to even grab it.

"That's my job." a voice announced in Rosemary's new blind spot. She turned to see Shade standing on one of her crab legs mid swing. She tried to strike him with her right clawed hand only for the entire claw to be sliced off.

"Hey Rosemary! Think fast!" Yang shouted as she threw one of the Beowolves that she had tied up at the Awakened. The Beowolf had woken up due to all the negative emotions the fight with Rosemary had caused. When she threw it, the ribbon she used to tie it up stayed in her hand. The Beowolf landed on Rosemary and began tearing into her. She screamed in pain before using her remaining claw to kill it.

Using the distraction, Teresa got behind the Awakened Rosemary and stabbed her claymore into the base of Rosemary's tail. In two quick and elegant movements, she severed the tail.

"Die you Bi-" Rosemary was interrupted as Nora pounded her with explosions from Magnhild.

"Hahaha! Take that you big meanie!" Nora called out.

"Blake! Keep her distracted!" Ruby ordered.

"Ren, help her out." Jaune told his classmate. They both nodded and began jumping around Rosemary's body firing and swinging their blades at her. Teresa joined them to make sure that the Awakened's remaining claw didn't kill them. While doing so, she managed to cut off both of the pelvic heads.

"Nora can you weaken its left legs?" Jaune asked. She nodded and fired at Rosemary's left set of crab legs.

Shade caught on to what Jaune was doing. "Hunter! Rona! Freeze her remaining legs!" Shade ordered. They both nodded and Hunter fired Ice Dust into her legs while Rona threw her ice dust coated shurikens at the joints in the legs. Shade pulled his weight by using an Ice dust crystal on Brasa Azul and then stabbed the legs causing them to freeze.

Jaune nodded at Pyrrha when Nora's bombardment ended and they both rushed the Awakened. They began cutting at the weakest spots on the legs.

Petra began running directly at the legs that her friends managed to freeze.

"This isn't supposed to happen!" Rosemary cried out.

Ruby readied herself as Yang picked her up. Yang's hair was on fire and her eyes were a deep crimson. Weiss readied a Glyph behind them.

"Ruby, I think this is insane!" Weiss said as Ruby loaded her scythe with Gravity dust ammunition.

"I kinda agree with Ice queen over here." Yang said a bit worried for her sister and receiving a "Hey" from the Heiress.

"Alright Now!" Ruby ordered in which her sister launched her with all her strength boosted by her semblance. Weiss's propulsion Glyph added more force to Ruby's launch.

"Take this!" she yelled then activated her semblance while firing Crescent Rose. The speed that Ruby was traveling managed to break the sound barrier.

"What! Foolish girl!" Rosemary exclaimed as she tried to dodge. At that moment her frozen legs shattered as Petra, using her semblance, ran through each one smashing them with her body and fists. At the same time Jaune and Pyrrha managed to slice off the remaining legs, completely immobilizing her. Rosemary desperately tried to strike at Ruby with her remaining clawed hand but it too was removed by Teresa.

"What? NO!" Rosemary cried out as she knew her fate. As she saw the young red reaper basically fly at her, a faint image of another woman was behind Ruby almost guiding the girl. The image of the woman looked like that of the young girl but also was wearing the standard claymore uniform. Only one word was said as she felt the cold metal of Crescent Rose's blade on her throat. "Monster…" After that the Awakened being known as Rosemary was decapitated and fell for the last time.

[end fighting music]

As Ruby landed, she stabbed Crescent Rose into the ground to slow down. After a few moments of catching her breath, she stood up and looked at the gathered Huntsmen and Huntresses in training. They all had survived. While her stunt was a bit unorthodox, it was effective as the finishing blow.

"We did it you guys!" Ruby cheered before walking back to the group and taking a well deserved rest. She rested against the ruins of the temple which surprisingly survived the fight.

"You did good Ruby." Teresa praised the young girl before turning to the rest. "All of you did good. Now rest up cause in ten minutes you all need to move out and finish your initiation."

"Heh, can't argue with that." Yang said with a shrug. "At least we started off with-"

"Don't even think about it Xiao Long!" Weiss hissed.

"A Yang!" Yang grinned as a collective of groans were her reply.

Hunter walked over to Rosemary's body and removed his knife from her eye. As he examined the blade over, he reflected on that moment when he used it. Two things saved him. The first was his training as a Jaeger pilot that made him not lose to fear of death that was fast approaching him and the second was the fact that he carried that knife due to the stories his grandfather told him. Now he had another reason to return to earth. He needed to thank his grandfather for the stories that saved his life. He wiped the purple blood off the knife with a rag and returned to the group.

After a few minutes, everyone was rested enough to make the trip back to the cliff where the initiation started. As they were leaving the clearing, Teresa made a mental note to tell Ozpin to dispose of the body.

[...]

Inside Beacon's Auditorium the initiation continued as normal.

"Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL, led by… Cardin Winchester!" Ozpin said.

The audience applauded to the newly formed group. Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora walked up onto the stage as Ozpin spoke again.

"Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR, led by… Jaune Arc!"

"What!?" Jaune asked a bit surprised. Pyrrha placed her hand on his shoulder for reassurance.

"Congratulations young man." Ozpin said as the crowd applauded.

The group left the stage and Shade, Hunter, Petra, and Rona approached.

"Hunter Green, Petra Brown, Rona Ebony, Shade Royal. The four of you retrieved the white queen pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team SPHR, led by… Shade Royal!"

The crowd roared in applause. Shade felt a sense of accomplishment. If only my aunt could see me now… Shade thought.

The group walked off stage and the last four students approached.

"And finally, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY, led by… Ruby Rose!"

"I'm so proud of you!" Yang exclaimed as she hugged her sister.

"Guess that idea of yours may have had some influence." Weiss said.

Blake offered a small smile but her eyes darted subtly towards Teresa as said woman clapped along to congratulate the newly formed Teams.

Ozpin cleared his throat to gather the audience's attention.

"As I have all of your attention. Today's initiation went off unexpectedly with the appearance of a new monster. With that said, classes will be suspended for a few days."

Murmurs from the students sounded the hall as Ozpin raised his hand as he continued. "As such we have to reorganize some classes being taught and a new class will be listed in your schedules. For the time being, Feel free to continue with your daily routine." With that said, he left the stage as professor Goodwitch showed the new teams to their dorms and the rest of the students and staff turned in for the night.

[...]

Elsewhere in Vale, in an old warehouse. Roman Torchwick stared at a map of Vale on the wall. Clearly frustrated he hung his head and let out a sigh before lighting a cigar. A member of the White Fang pushed a container up to Roman and give him a quick smirk. Roman nodded to the man and handed him some lien.

"Open it." Roman said turning his attention to the container. The White Fang member opened the container to reveal a large amount of varying Dust crystals of multiple sizes. Roman picked up a large Hard Light Dust crystal and gave it a quick look over.

"We're going to need more men." He said calmly.

"If you need more help, I'm willing to give you my services for free." A voice said behind Roman. He turned and saw one of the henchmen he had hired for that Dust shop robbery messing with what looked like new his bionic hand.

"Well look at what the cat dragged in." Roman remarked.

"Shut it, Roman. I'm here to help you and hopefully you can help me get revenge on the blonde bitch who took my hand." the man spat.

Roman visibly flinched when he remembered Teresa. He thought about the offer for a moment and then smiled.

"Well as long as you pull your weight, me and my 'friends' may be able to help you." He said with a smile. "Though what should I call you?"

"Call me, Grall Grullo." Grall said holding out his bionic hand.

"Well Grall, looks like this is the start of a beautiful friendship." Roman said as he shook Grall's hand.

[...]

A/N: Well that took me a while. Had to completely rewrite that Awakened fight so that Team SPHR could be added in and I think it turned out ok.

Though those of you who are wondering. Whenever someone who is a descendant of a claymore kills an Awakened or Yoma. That Awakened or Yoma will see the claymore ancestor of said person.

Also in a few more chapters the 3rd crossover story will be added into this one. I hope you like dragons.