"Ravus you can't keep avoiding us. What happened to your arm?" Natasha asked again, though it was quickly turning into a demand. After the woman had disappeared, Ravus passed out and was found first by local law enforcement, then by Ironwood and Ruby. He had spent the night in Beacon's infirmary where they wrapped his arm. Ravus had though that since he didn't need a sling that his team wouldn't notice but the moment he winced while packing for the team field trips, Natasha wouldn't stop egging him.
"Did you duck out and sprain yourself doing late night lifting? Is Cardin picking on you?"
"Tasha," Aero interjected, "if you keep giving him options, he's just going to pick the least intrusive one. Things will come out in time." Aero calmly finished, folding some fresh ammunition for his blade, Moonlight, in a spare sweatshirt. He looked up at Ravus as he packed the sweater and contents in a travel back. Ravus stared him in the eye. You don't know anything Aero.
"Fine," Natasha groaned in defeat and flopped onto her bed, "well no matter what happened last night, you missed a lot."
"Oh no, I saw Jaune step out in his dress. I think I saw all that was interesting at the dance." Ravus responded, uninterested.
"No. What you missed was me spending almost the entire night with Sun." Natasha sighed with a smile.
"You and Sun?" Vivian chirped in as she pulled out some times to pack. Ravus looked over at Natasha, his fingers tense around his things. Sun was with Natasha? What happened to 'I'll hang out with her'?
"Yeah. I mean, we weren't alone or anything." Natasha admitted sheepishly. "We mostly hung out with Weiss, Blake, and Neptune. But oh," Natasha sighed again, "he was just so sweet and funny!"
"A real gentleman?" Viv teased.
"Yes!" Natasha answered, sitting bolt upright and literally skipping to the bathroom, a huge grin plastered to her face. Ravus slowly loosened his grip and looked down at his things. Did I really miss that much? Ravus shook his head, trying to clear his mind. No, you did what you had to do. Who knows what that person could have done.
"Glad she's not bummed about things not going any further last night with Sun. Unlike someone." Vivian drew out he ending of her sentence and Ravus looked up at her.
"What?" He asked flat.
"You mean your sister hasn't told you?" Aero inquired.
"About what?" Ravus returned, even more confused.
"I'm dating Yang." Aero answered. Ravus' jaw dropped. If his brain was spinning then, now it was completely malfunctioning.
"You alright Ravus?" Vivian asked.
"What do you mean you're dating Yang!" Ravus shouted, still in mental shock. Sure I knew that Aero was close to Yang but, but, DATING? "This has to be a joke." Ravus added, weakly searching for proof in Aero's eyes.
"No Ravus. I asked Yang last night if she would ever consider dating me. She said yes." Aero explained calmly.
"Yeah," Tasha joined in, "and then apologized to the whole dance floor that neither she nor Aero would be available but that didn't mean they wouldn't dance with them." Why does that sound like her? Ravus rolled his eyes in his head, knowing she wasn't just talking to the men when referring to herself. Now I'm definitely glad that I wasn't at the dance when that happened. As Ravus refocused on his own packing the click of the loudspeaker sounded.
"Would all first-year students please report to the amphitheater?"
"Well, we'd better get moving. We all know Glynda will be taking attendance." Aero said.
"Yeah. And might get the really boring missions if we end up being late." Natasha added. Aero looked at Ravus while Natasha walked past him as he stood in the doorway. Ravus quickly zipped his bag and joined his team as they walked toward the amphitheater.
"Quiet! Quiet please." Glynda spoke as the last of the students trailed into the large room. She and Professor Ozpin stood on the stage, waiting for the room to do as she asked. "Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin."
"Today we stand together, united." Ozpin began, cane in hand." "Mistral. Atlas. Vacuo. Vale. The four Kingdoms of Remnant." As the Professor spoke, Ravus began to day dream. Who was that woman that attacked me? Why haven't I heard more about her? I still can't believe she got a way. What went wrong? I've been training for weeks now. I'm stronger and know every move that Shooting Star can handle. What's missing…
"As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exist without effort." Ravus looked back at the stage, momentarily hearing what the Professor was saying. Standing united… He looked back over at his team. They stood nearly shoulder to shoulder. He then glanced down at the gapping gap between himself and them. Did, did I do that? Or did they move away…
"But no matter which path you choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best." Your very best…
"So, what kind of mission do we want to take?" Vivian asked the group.
"Do we get to see which Hunstmen we get to pair with?" Natasha quickly inquired. "I'd love to see if anyone I've heard is helping."
"I'm not sure." Vivian said, glancing around the room at the available mission screens. "It looks like they're displayed by mission type and the area involved. Search and Rescue, Search and Destroy, Village Security, City Operations."
"City operations might be interesting." Aero commented.
"City operations?" Ravus asked nervously. "What would that include?" Vivian went over to one of the screens labeled City Operations.
"It doesn't say." Vivian said, scrolling through the information. "But if this is like the assignments we've had then it could be any where from working with city detectives to the local police force."
"Why don't we try something outside the city?" Ravus quickly offered. The last thing I need is another run in with the police. Ravus groaned at his own irony. A future Huntsman avoiding the police. Great…
"You ok Ravus?" Aero asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, just the arm acting up?" Ravus weakly grinned, raising his arm for emphasis, causing him to wince. He looked over at Natasha who glared at him.
"Well, if we do want to go out of the city, that still doesn't narrows down our choices by much." Vivian analyzed, looking closer at the missions.
"Any dealing with people?" Natasha commented. "I'd love to do some real help. Get a feel for the real world."
"It looks like there's a Village Security job available here." Aero pointed out. "We would leave today and it would take us to Quadrant 7."
"I might actually know that area." Vivian added, looking at the map on her scroll. "Plus I've had experience working with village security at home so we'd have an added advantage."
"Great. Sounds like we've got our mission." Ravus said, going up to the screen. He typed in their team name, choosing their mission. And they don't have to find out about what happened last night.