(With nothing better to do, time for me to write more. Second longest chapter I wrote last time..and it's odd that there's no reviews. Good or bad? I have no idea, but! Let's get on with the new chapter)
Settling In
After picking teams I was in transfix, being leader is something that I've always wanted to be, now that I'm leader of a team...I'm not sure how well it may turn out. But for now there's another issue to attend to:
Dorms. It was getting close to night time, it was a long day, and we needed a to sleep in. And we'd get pretty cold in our pajamas
"So what's the number of our dorm room again?" I hear Uriah ask, I look to my scroll and read a note I made for myself: ROOM NUMBER IS 416. "Four sixteen," I tell him putting my scroll away, "Then time we head there eh?" Uriah asks. I nod as me and Uriah along with Silas and Roy start walking across the hall. Uriah was wearing a green shirt with a Beowolf sleeping on it and white shorts. Roy mean while was wearing violet footsie pajama's like Jaune's, only minus bunny slippers but add in cogs on the shirt and pants. While Silas and I wear our regular pajama attire
413, 414, 415, alright 416. "Guys I found it." I say, the three come over and groan. "What?" I ask in confusion, Roy points to the door. I look and read a note on the door.
UNDER RENOVATION.
I sigh and shake my head, a buzz from my scroll startles me. I take a look to see a message was sent by C: Head to room 444. That's where you'll be staying, C.
"Alright I have another idea where to go," I say "room 444." I finish earning a look from my teammates, "Ozpin tell you that?" Silas asks. I better lie about this for now, mostly because I have no idea what in the hell C's actual name is and I can easily say Ozpin. "Yeah." I say simply
"Alright time to get going." Silas says shrugging
"Indeed." Roy adds in with a nod.
We start to walk back through the hallways and find room 444. "Here we go." I open up the door and find a room with four beds, book shelves on the walls and two desks. "Ahhhhhh perfect." Silas says heading in and flopping onto one of the beds. "You have the right idea there man." Uriah adds in following Silas' lead and collapsing onto a bed.
We all take a lay down on the beds for just a bit of relaxation, long day after all. My scroll buzzes again and another message from C: Hope you enjoy your other roommates. C
What. Other roommates?
"What in the name of Dust are you doing here?!" An all to familiar voice snaps.
Oh. He said other roommates
I look and see team RWBY standing in front of the doorway; Weiss giving a harsh glare, Blake looking curiously, Ruby with her head tilted, and Yang with an eyebrow raised. "I-"
"Why are you in our dorm?" Weiss snaps again before I could say anything. "Hey our dorm is under renovation, Boss got a message from Ozpin and now we're here." Uriah says lazily, thanks for being supportive. Weiss turns her attention to him with a cold look
"How do we know you're not just loitering?" She asks, "You calling me a liar Princess?" He spits at Schnee. "Can we all just calm down?" I hear Silas say, "It's not like we're going to have much options beside sleeping outside. Besides; company never hurts."
The two growl for a moment before giving a 'hmph'. "Perfect! Now to be the gentleman I so graciously am." I say a bit bombastically before rolling out a sleeping bag, "I'll be sleeping on the floor." I finish slipping into the sleeping bag. "You do that." Yang says dryly
"You guys be nice to our friends and sleep on the floor with me." I tell in a fatherly tone, the three sigh and follow my lead and sleep on the floor. Why else would we bring sleeping bags if we won't be using them? Team RWBY lays down on the beds in place. After that we all exchange 'good night's and head off to sleep.
Showering is going to be a hassle, won't it?
Silas' POV
I open my eyes and find myself in a black and featureless landscape, the only unique thing there...was Him.
A canid creature the size of a car; it has matted gray and black fur on it's body with patches of rashy skin showing across it's body, it's claws long and sharp looking...serrated like chipped knives, it has no eyes but instead jagged scars, it's ears pointing upwards and twitching every so often, the thing's mouth is filled with long, sharp, needle-like teeth that have bits of flesh on them but with no gums, and it's mouth is caked with blood and gore.
Meet my imaginary friend, the devil on my shoulder, my dark side or whatever you want to call it. But I have a name for it.
The Black Dog
"Heya kiddo! Seems things are goin' a bit strange for you eh?" It asks in a sharp, raspy voice as though it has never drank before with the sound echoing. "Kitty's back in your life, got some friends, why gee! I wonder which one is going to betray you first." I growled, the Dog smiled at me showing it's vicious teeth. "Hey...you know ya can't get rid of me, so long as your semblance is with ya. I'm gonna keep being here."
I sign and shake my head, "Is there something you want Dog?" I ask without any emotion in my voice. "Oh I just wanted to say; good luck." It smiles more "You're gonna need it." And with it the Dog gives a chuckle before vanishing.
Keep calm Silas. You need to if you don't want your semblance to flip you out.
Blake... Why did you have to be here?
Axel's POV
*PHOOOOOOOT*
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" I yell out waking up, I look to see Ruby grinning holding a whistle in hand. Dressed in a dark brown dress with golden trim and a plaid red skirt. Yang and Blake dressed in the same, "WE'VE BEEN FOUND!- oh." Uriah yells out waking up. Silas and Roy lazily getting up with their eyes partly opened.
"Good morning, team RWBY!" Ruby cheers, "And good morning team ASUR." She adds in. "What in the world is wrong with you?" I hear Weiss ask, "You know Schnee; I sometimes wonder too." I tell her. "Good for you." She mutters
"Now that you're all awake, we can begin our first order of business!" Ruby says ignoring Weiss' question, I groan and get up along with my team and Weiss. "Excuse me?" She asks, "What kind of business?" Silas asks tiredly. I look to see Yang holding various things; pamphlets, pillows, and even a candlestick in her hands. "Decorating!" She says happily.
"What." I ask dully
"What?!" Weiss exclaims, "Jinx." I say grinning earning a glare from Weiss. "Not. Now."
Blake lifts up a suitcase "We still have to unpack." She says and afterward the suitcase opens and the contents spill out, earning a laugh from Silas. Blake smiles a bit before frowning "Aaaaand clean."
"Terrific." I mutter, before getting a pat on the back by Roy who smiles. "I think Ruby is right. We should get tidy and add our own little decorations to the room." He says happily, Ruby ends up giving the kid a tight hug. "That's the spirit!" She says squeezing Roy who seems a bit paralyzed, he looks around before awkwardly hugging her back.
"Aaaaaalright!" Ruby adds in, "Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby, along with their ally team ASUR have begun their first mission!" She cheers raising her fist into the air. "Banzai!" Yang and Blake do the same gesture "Banzai!" They say. I look and see my teammates holding up their fists as well, I sigh and hold up mine along with them.
"Banzai." I mutter,
"Banzzzai..." Silas says still tired
"Banzai." Uriah says dully
"Banzai!" Roy cheers
One decoration montage later! This!
Well we added what we wanted after the guys and I got dressed into uniform; Weiss hung up paintings (fakin rich people and their paintings!), Blake put books on the shelves...I'm pretty sure I saw her put away a book I think Silas saw it to and grinned at the girl, Yang put up a poster of the Achieve men, I put a container of bacon on one of the desks and hung up a poster of a snake with drawn on arms flexing, Silas added nothing..though I saw him pull out a mask but put it away...him and Blake sure seem to be secretive, Roy BUILT a small lab station in the corner of the room, and Uriah put up little toy soldiers on the other desk.
One problem however: all the beds are clustered in the center of the room
"This isn't going to work." Weiss stated
"Yeaaaaaah probably not." Uriah says...agreeing? Is this a sign of the apocalypse?
"It is a bit cramped." Blake says
"Like 'this is mildly annoying' cramps? Or 'OH GOD THE PAIN' cramps?" Silas snarks earning a glare from Blake, Silas merely grins "I'd say the later...but that's a bit overboard." She says back
"We could ditch some of our stuff." Yang suggests, "I AM NOT GETTING RID OF MY SNAKE POSTER YANG!" I snap at her which causes her to raise her hands defensively. I blush a bit embarrased "Sorry, I just like it...you know?" I say laughing nervously. Why God. Why?
"Or we could ditch the beds... and replace them with bunk beds!" Ruby adds in. "You immediatly have my vote!" Roy states
"Umm, that sounds incredibly dangerous." Weiss says a bit nervously. "How?..." I ask confused
"And super-awesome!" Yang says happily, "Amen!" I add in smiling
"It does seem efficient." Blake states, "Yeah. Quite so." Silas adds nodding along
"Well, we should put it to a vote!" Weiss says, "I think we just did." Ruby states.
Blake gives a thumbs up, Yang gives a double rocker sign, I give an ok sign by making a circle, Silas gives a tip with his metaphorical hat, Roy holds up a whiteboard with YES written in black marker. And Weiss just curls her fists angrily
"And so democracy wins." I state smiling, "This is a dictatorship..." Weiss mumbles. "Don't feel so bad Princess, everyone loses eventually." Uriah quips earning a glare and growl from Weiss. "You do know I joke about this...right?" Uriah asks causing Weiss ro blink, "Y-yeah I knew!" She says embarrassed with a bit of pink on her face.
"What's that? It sounds like the two of you were getting a divorce." I snark, the two glare at me "What was that?" They ask a bit to dangerously for my taste causing me to sweat a bit and laugh nervously "Nothing! Nothing at all!"
The two chuckle darkly in sync...Lord Baron von EvilSatan and Lady Blizzard van Terror for best couple.
With that out of the way we get to work on the bunk beds; Blake's bunk next to her books which are used to raise up Yang's own bunk, meanwhile Ruby's bunk hangs above Weiss' by ropes with a blanket over the top as like a tent.
"Hey ladies," I say to get the attention of team RWBY "As much as the guys and I would love to sleep on the floor...weeee kinda need some of the bed too." I say awkwardly
Jaune feeling counter: 2
"How do we pick who sleeps with who?" Blake asks, "Oh! Let's draw sticks!" Ruby says pulling out a long stick, a kinda long stick, a kinda short stick, and the shortest stick. "Alright then; whoever draws the same stick shares the bed with that person." I state before taking the sticks and putting them into a cup.
"Aaaaand," my team seems ready to get it done "Go!" We all grab a stick and pull out our sticks: Uriah the shortest, Roy the second shortest, Silas the second longest, and I get the longest stick...this sounds extremely wrong when I say it out loud. "Ok then. You're up now girls." Silas says as we put the sticks back
The four then reach in and pull out the sticks again; Yang with the longest, Blake with the second longest, Ruby the second shortest, and Weiss with the shortest of all...I wish Qrow was around so I could steal his flask from him, because I hate my brain.
"Woooo" Yang says calmly giving a grin at me, I merely give a thumbs up and a smile. I see Silas and Blake exchange awkward glances, Ruby and Roy beaming at one another, and-
"WHY?! WHY GOD?! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS!" Uriah bawls out, "WHY DID I HAVE TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO MEEEEE?! THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!" Weiss cries with Uriah. The two of them bawling like kids who didn't get their favorite toy. "You want some cheese with that WHINE?" I ask getting two horrifying glares from Uriah and Weiss.
"Oooook then, guess that's that then." Yang states a bit uncomfortably, "YEP." Silas sighs. "I wish it didn't happen like this.." Weiss whispers with Uriah replying with a whimper. And then an awkward silence fills the room.
"Objective: complete!" Ruby says as though nothing bad ever happened ever
"Alllllright! Our second order of business iiiiiiiiiis..." Ruby starts up dramatically, "Classes.." She finishes half-heartedly and pulling out a pencil, "Anti-climactic." I hear Cheshire state from up on the bed, "Waitwhendidyougethere?!" I sputter out accusingly at the feline Grimm who just sighs dispassionately, "I came in when I saw you made bunk beds. And I believe Miss Belladona's...'Ninjas Of Love' was placed in the stack holding up Miss Xiao Long's bunk." He says smiling at Blake who shrinks away mortified. "NONONONNONONONNONONONO." She throws out on rapid-fire shaking her head and rushing to pull out the book from the stack holding up Yang's bunk.
She sighs in relief before looking at everyone and blinking, she blushes madly and throws the book out of sight. "YOU SAW NOTHING! IAMNOTREADINGMALEONMALEPORNOGRAPHYOK?!" She sputters out. Silas howls with laughter and falls to his back laughing like a mad-man
I snicker and give a cheeky grin, "Secret's safe with us Blake!" I cheerfully add in between snickers.
Ruby clears her throat, ok back to business.
"Now, we have a few classes together today. At nine, we've got to be-"
"What?!" Weiss exclaims in shock "Did you say nine o'clock?!" I'm getting a bad feeling about this. "Ummmm..." Ruby replies nervously
"It's eight fifty-five, you dunce!" She snaps, and with that she rushes out of the room and down the hall. We look out of the door and watch Weiss run like she's being chased "Uhhhhh," I start looking to the doorway "We should go." Ruby seems flabergasted until she finally eclaims something, "To class!"
The rest of us start to run like our lives depend on it.
Time flies when you're working.
8:58
I hate two things currently: time and Weiss.
We make it to class, Grimm Studies. I only know that it's about the studying of Grimm and that the professor's name is Peter Port. The room has a board on it with some of the various species of Grimm drawn on it in chalk; King Taijitu, Death Stalker, Beowolf, Nevermore and Ursa. Hanging above the board is a weapon that's a mix of a blunderbuss and an axe and in front of the board are rows of built in wooden desks along with chairs.
Time to take a seat
I sit over by Yang and Blake, with Uriah and Roy sitting behind and Silas at the front. "Seems you've shown up." I hear a voice say, I look to see Weiss sitting diligently at her seat to the right of Yang. I can only scowl at her which she replies with a small...trollish smile, I laugh at that little smile for no reason, "That's because you ran out on us with no warning Weiss. Kind of a dick move on your part." Weiss chuckles and nods, "True. True." I start to laugh again. But I quickly stop afterwards as I hear the door close and see a man standing with both hands behind his back
He has gray hair with a mustache that hides his mouth and eyebrows that hide his eyes, he's wearing a crimson burgundy suit with some gold buttons and the like on it and olive boots, he's also...portly to say the least...you now have the right to kill me, but seriously the guy is pretty overweight.
"Welcome students one and all! In this class you will learn to combat the creatures that threaten us on our short lived time on Remnant!" He so bombastically says, he's going to be one of THOSE teachers...isn't he? "And I will be your instructor! Professor Peter Port!" He finishes before standing in the middle of the class room
I nudge Yang and Blake to get their attention, "Professor Miles Glorious is ready to teach." I say dully. "Better keep the jokes about him locked away or he might fail you." Blake chides, "I know, I know Blake. Just wanted to get that one out of there."
Class time.
"Monsters! Deeeemons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey!" Professor Port says laughing at his own terrible joke causing his belly to bounce up and down slightly. Yeah, prey my ass when Ruby and I nearly got butchered by a Deathstalker and Basilisk...insensitive prick.
Everyone had various stages of interest however; I was half-awake, Yang and Blake were paying attention, Uriah was sleeping, Silas listening, Roy playing with some scrap metal, Weiss writing down notes...and Ruby waking up from a nap.
"Uhhhh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy!" He starts back up again like nothing happened, "Now, as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces!" Nearly went through it myself
"And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntresses..." He says giving a wink somewhere in my direction, I hear Yang groan uncomfortably. I shake my head and give an empathetic pat on the back. She's probably going to need some 'forget-the-bad-thing' juice for that.
"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world!" Port finishes theatrically with one student cheering, we all stare at him for a good moment before he shrinks away back into his seat in embarrassment.
"That is what you are training to become. But first: A story. A tale of a young, handsome man... Me! When I was a boy..." I don't want to hear this story, time to see what's happening now. I take a look to see Weiss staring at Ruby who seems to be drawing something on a piece of paper
"...Despite smelling of cabbages, my grandfather was a wise man. 'Peter', he told me..."
Will he ever stop talking?
I hear Ruby snicker and turn my head to see what it's about, she holds up a crude ball-with-limbs drawing of Professor Port with stink lines coming from it and PROFESSOR POOP underneath. It gets a laugh out of Yang, Blake, Roy and me. It's funny because it's true, due to Port spewing out bullsh-
"Ah-heh-hem!" I snap back into attention and keep laughing to a minimum
You really are immature you know
Yeah yeah whatever, say I need a favor from you.
And what would that be?
You and I. Face-to-face, I got questions I need answered before I can actually start fully trusting you
Am I not helping you?
You gave me a book I have no idea what in the name of Dust says, and a scroll. Those don't necessarily count for much
The voice sighs
Alright. I'll speak with you in person at eight thirty, agreed?
Agreed
Good, now I believe that Port is speaking again
"In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero!" He states and gives a theatrical bow. "Good on you guy..." I mutter out quietly
"The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable! A true Huntsman must be dependable! A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise! So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?" He asks
"I do, sir!" Weiss says a bit too aggressively for liking.
"Well, then, let's find out!" Port says gesturing to a cage, the only thing visible are glowing red eyes. The cage shakes as though the thing inside wants to get out and kill everyone in the room, "Step forward, and face your opponent!" Port says again
"Umm...Professor Port? What exactly is in that cage?" Uriah asks a bit cautiously
"Oh? It's just a Bobatusk that I captured during one of my escapades. He has been a fine subject in studying the strengths and weaknesses of it's species! But he has been getting more bold as of late, and so he has to be put down. Think of it as his...final bout if you will!" He states with his stomach bouncing up and down as he spoke
Some moments later
After Port told about the Borbatusk Weiss went to get her combat attire and weapon. And so she stands in a white jacket and matching skirt pointing her rapier at the cage ready to face the Grimm, with Port holding his blumberaxe in hand standing next to the cage.
Grab the popcorn, because this is going to be a show.
"Gooooo, Weiss!" Yang cheers on her teammate with a fist raises up
"Fight well!" Blake adds in waving a small flag with RWBY on it, I should probably have Roy get on making one of them for us. Little blue flag with ASUR in white
"Yeah, represent teeeeam RWBY!" Ruby calls out to Weiss, the heiress lowers her weapon and looks at Ruby annoyed. "Ruby! I'm trying to focus!" She scolds before raising her weapon back up and staring at the cage
"Oh, um...sorry." Ruby sheepishly says, I lean around Yang and give her a pat on the back. "It's alright no worries on your part."
"Yesh. That was harsh don't you think?" Uriah calls out
I can see Weiss clench her teeth in frustration, can't she just calm down?
"Allllright!" Port says raising his weapon "Let the match... begin!" He swings the blade and breaks the lock causing the cage's door to open and reveal a boar-like Grimm, curved tusks and oddly enough four glowing red eyes
(Time to cut it here, thanks for reading more of this.)