A/N: There's one thing that still amazes me with this story.

Sarah: What's that?

Soap: That it has been viewed as many times as it has. And here I was thinking that nobody would like my ideas.

Sarah: True. So, what from the show will make it in this chapter?

Soap: A couple of things actually, but if you want to see what...*turns to readers*...you'll just have to read the chapter.

Chapter 8: back. For it

Sleep for Soap was hard to find that night, which wasn't all that surprising seeing as how many buried memories came to light when he was talking with Yang. Realizing that sleep was just not going to happen for him, he got up, being careful not to wake Sarah, and went to the cafeteria to grab some grub and a cup of coffee. After he finished, he grabbed himself another cup and got some coffee for Sarah. Sarah liked hers with One cream and two sugars, Soap on the other hand liked his coffee with four sugars and four things of cream, any less tasted black to him. Finishing with his own coffee, he headed back to where they fell asleep last night.

On any other day it would have taken Soap 15 minutes to get up, this time he was prepared. The smell of freshly made coffee did wonders to a fanus' nose, in particular, a cat fanus' nose. Sarah's eyes bolted open the second Soap waved her coffee in front of her face which made Soap laugh.

"What's so funny?" Sarah asked as she took the mug from Soap.

"It usually takes me forever to make you wake you up. And yet, when I wave a steaming hot cup of coffee in front of you, you wake up instantly." Soap replied nearly spilling his own coffee as he sat down next to her and handed her the mug.

"I don't usually sleep on a roof. Anything could have woken me up." She said quickly as she accepted the pipping hot beverage.

"Really?" Soap said, raising an eyebrow. "Then how'd I get the coffee?"

"Becau-" She stopped talked talking and frowned, "I hate you." Sarah said.

"No you don't. I know you love me." Soap said smiling.

"Whatever."

"Come on. Let's see if we can find Ozpin before initiation." Soap said as he stood up and extended a hand to help her up.

Sarah accepted his offer and stood up; the couple then made their way to the stairs leading to the ballroom.

Being unable to find the headmaster, the couple decided to head towards the locker room to get ready. Out of old habits from being a mercenary, Sarah kept her weapons on her at all times, while Soap, who was still relatively new to having actual weapons other than a gun, put away his weapons for the night. Soap, however, kept his gun on him.

While Soap was retrieving his weapons, he overheard a conversation between Yang and her sister. Yang, surprisingly, was staying calm during the conversation, while her sister, Ruby, sounded like she was having a mid-life crisis. Soap knew better than to listen in on other people's conversations, while being obvious anyways. From what Soap could gather from listening from his locker, Yang was being the big sister she was and was telling Ruby to break out of her shell and make new friends. Ruby would have none of it though, in fact, her exact words were: "I don't need other people to help me grow up. I drink milk." She still believes that everything is like a fairy tale. The thought that a girl could remain as innocent as Ruby had for as long as she had made Soap smile. The thought also brought back unpleasant memories of the day that he was forced to grow up, the innocence of living would never be known to him. That day, no matter how hard he tried, would always stay at the forefront of his memory. Silently shedding a tear, he pushed away the memories and left the locker room unwilling to bring back any more.

The couple arrived a few minutes earlier than the other students, Ozpin was already there waiting for them.

"Morning Soap. Morning Sarah." Ozpin said to them. His assistant, Professor Glenda Goodwitch, stood next to him and nodded at them.

"Morning Ozpin." Soap said, Sarah simply gave him a nod. "Remember when you said that I might find a reason to stay?"

Ozpin nodded.

"Let's just say that I found a reason."

"And?"

"I will stay, but only under a couple of conditions." Soap said.

"Shoot."

"I will stay, however with myself and my team as instructors." Soap said.

Goodwitch scoffed at this, however Ozpin was intrigued. "Go on." His statement granted him a surprised and distraught looking Goodwitch which brought a small smile to Ozpin's lips.

"You need not pay me, I have enough money already. However, I will need rooms for my team. I think three total should do us quite nicely." Said Soap.

"Only three? Teams are made up of four individuals. Also, any instructor or professor of Beacon usually has a room to themselves." Said Ozpin.

"While true, most teams are made up of four people, mine is made up of five. Only one of which needs a separate room; so yes, only three rooms." Soap said.

Ozpin took out his scroll and appeared to type something in. Finishing, he put out his right hand and said, "Welcome to Beacon, Instructor Soap and Instructor Sarah. ("Instructor" because they haven't received proper certification for being Huntsman/Huntresses. In my world, you first need to be a certified Hunter to receive "Professor" status) I trust that once you have an opportunity, you will bring the remaining three members of your team by my office and introduce them to me. I prefer to know who I am employing." Said Ozpin.

"Absolutely sir." Soap said, nodding his head. One at a time, he and Sarah took the man's hand and shook it.

"Your team will need an official four letter name." He said, his scroll still in his hands, ready to input a name.

Soap thought for a moment when he heard Sarah, "Soap, what about 'BNTY'? Since we are all professional bounty hunters." She suggested.

Soap shrugged, "Why not? Team BNTY it is."

"Very well. Welcome to Beacon's staff, Team BNTY." Ozpin said

With students now arriving at the cliffs, they were instructed to take spots on what Soap knew to be launch pad. Doing so next to Sarah, who in turn was next to Yang. As soon as Ozpin started giving his instructions, Soap tuned him out for a few moments of quiet and to plan out what he was going to do once he was launched. He stayed this way for a few minutes; it was only when he heard the clicking of the launch pads launching students draw closer that he came back to reality. Cardin, who was next to Soap, was launched next. The clicking stopped when it reached Soap, and Ozpin walked up to him and Sarah.

"Do not grab a relic. Your job is to make sure that nobody dies, so do not intervene unless one hundred percent necessary. After everybody has made it to the forest ruins, report to my office." He said. They nodded.

As Ozpin turned to return to his spot on the edge of the cliff, he stopped and looked back to them over his shoulder and said, "Oh, and make sure that things are interesting to watch this year."

Soap and Sarah smiled in understanding as the clicking started again. Soap was launched shortly after as expected. However, what happened next was something that no one expected. Less than a second after being launched and now 30 feet in the air; Soap vanished from sight and reappeared next to Sarah on her pad. He grabbed her hand and the couple was launched together. Soaring through the air, they activated their semblances' and engulfed themselves in their respective semblances' element, Soap's being smoke and fire while Sarah's was electricity or lightning depending on how you looked at it, allowing them to fly to the ruins and avoid the Grimm altogether. A trick that Soap learned he could do shortly after his semblance was unlocked.

Knowing very well what they were doing, the couple took up spots on tree branches overlooking the ruins and settled in for a nap, not bothering to look down when they heard Cardin and his crew arrive. Shortly after they had come and gone, Yang and her partner arrived. Her partner had the appearance of a cat with the bow that she had on. Seeing this, Soap wondered if she was a fanus, 'Another question for another time I guess.' he thought. The pair walked up to the ruins and, without much debate, chose one of the white knight pieces. It was this moment that Soap and his partner decided to jump down. Blake had heard the branches move and stepped out of the way and closer towards the ruins.

Yang had heard something land behind her and, being a huntress in training it had to be instinct, immediately thought it was a Grimm who had gotten the jump on her. With little choice of how her instincts reacted, she deployed her weapons and turned to crush her enemy. Soap, who had been the one to drop directly behind her, was prepared for this. As Yang's fist made contact with his stomach, he teleported only the part that would have been hit to the right which allowed the shotgun blast to pass harmlessly through him. He moved his body back into position when her fist left the area. Yang didn't see this however, she only saw a friend that she had potentially killed stand there with a smug look on his face. Soap, who knew that she hadn't seen his trick, acted as if her punch had connected and fell to the ground.

Yang just stood there in horror, how could she have done this to a friend. She went to his side only to find that he was laughing hysterically.

"You aren't hurt?" She asked worried and confused at the same time.

"I'm fine, but man you should have seen the look on your face." Soap said still laughing.

Behind her, Yang could hear the sound of Blake, who had seen and understood everything that he had done, trying to hold in her laughter but was failing miserably.

"H-h-how?" Yang stuttered, trying to comprehend what she had just seen, "The blast from that shot should have killed you instantly, regardless of whether or not you had your aura up."

Finally gaining control of himself, Soap stood up and started to explain, "Technically, you're right. That should have killed me. However, you can't hit what's not there."

This just left Yang even more confused. Soap noticed this and fell into another laughing-fit. Sarah, who was able to keep herself from laughing, tried to make things a little clearer.

"Yang. I want you to grab my arm." Sarah said.

"Why am-"

"Trust me." Sarah said with a smile.

"Alright Sarah." Yang said, extending her own arm to grab Sarah's, however, when Yang's hand got to the spot where Sarah's arm should have been, Yang found that she was touching nothing.

"You're not real." Yang said, pulling her arm back. Soap, who had almost managed to stop laughing, heard this and laughed harder.

"Quiet you." Sarah said sternly to Soap, who instantly stopped laughing and stood up straight, apologizing to Yang in the process. Turning her attention back to Yang, Sarah explained, "Our semblances, which are exactly the same except actual elements, allow us to teleport ourselves to where ever we want. We can also break down this process into chunks at a time, allowing us to teleport only part of ourselves elsewhere. Try grabbing my arm now." Yang did as she was told and found that Sarah's arm was solid.

"Incredible." Was the only thing that could be heard from Yangs lips.

A/N: I was going to continue to the point that is shown in the show, but I figured you guys don't want to read something that you have already seen so I didn't bother. If you haven't seen it, then go watch it because it has been out for a while now.

Yang: This chapter was pretty short though.

Soap: True, but I think you'll like what I have in store for the next chapter. Plus it should be longer.

Sarah: What if it isn't longer?

Soap: Then I will make it longer. If there's one thing I know how to do right in writing, it's condensing things and being able to elaborate immensely. See ya guys in the next chapter.

Edit: 11-6-2014; added a scene between scene 2 and 3 so it should make a little more sense. Also fixed grammar, spelling, and verb tense issues.