"So, Deker...Do you really escape your military compound or...?" Skye look at him curious and playful at the same time "Or you just wear like that because you like it?"

The place was a small restaurant, pretty simple a kitchen on the back, waitress asking what people would want to eat, some were with family, other alone. Others, like them, on pairs, the waitress even ask them if they are a couple which they denied, blushing red enough to put Jakson's armor to shame.

"Okay, first of all. I told you I already retired and second yes, I wear like this because I like it" He took a sip of coffee. His black mining gloves protect him from the heat of the coffee "Though, it's help me with the cold"

"Cold? We are almost at 85 degrees Fahrenheit, for Mounty Oum sake!" The wolf faunus replied him, surprised due his commentary "And you ask for coffee? you should be melting from the inside out"

Deker chuckle quietly "From when I came, 85 degrees is like winter. And no I'm not from Vacuo"

He answer her, even before asking "...Do your semblance let you read minds?" Skye's wolf ears went flat, making her look like a puppy

Deker shake his head, another smile "Nope. I do not have a...Semblance...Our an Aura" He didn't add the last part

"And where are you from, then?...You look like Atlas, but you don't act like..." Skye move her hands in the air, trying to find the correct word "How I put these..."

"Like some kind of smug with a lot of money or a soldier?..." A sigh left his mouth, a part of him wanted to tell her the truth, while the other thought it was too soon, the Light Assault choose to hear the latter "Uhm, I, uh...Prefer not to talk about home right now..." He look down, trying to act somewhat hurt

"Oh.." Skye responded and stay quiet for a bit, the climate turn awkward shortly, both trying to look for something to talk about, until she figure out "How old are you?...I'm 17"

" Hi 17, I'm Deker" He say joking and looking at her, Skye punch him softly on the shoulder, he rub his hurt arm, how strong these woman can get on this dimension? "Okay, out of joke I'm 19"

"Wait...You are a hunter then?"

"In training, yes"

"Cool, you going to Bea-" She shock out of the blue "What is that?!" She ask while looking over his rshoulder

By the time Deker turn around it was too late, a bright light surround and blind him, every turned white. Until he wake up on his bed, the cream white walls, the brown night desk, his teammates sleeping on their bed. It is his bedroom, it was all a dream, he stand up from the bed, scratching his head and looking outside, it wasn't even dawn yet "Well, could use some spare time I guess..."

Skye woke up with a weird feeling, the feeling of something would happen that day, but not sure if something good or bad. Just something, she ignore that instinct as she get tied her red ribbon on her school uniform, while letting her loose hair let be, and walk towards the dinning hall to get breakfast, for her surprise half of her team woke up before. The only sleeping there was Gent, with his weapon resting on the night desk just next to his bed. For someone who Ozpin describe as "Loyal and supportive" he look more like someone who would hurt somebody and even kill, if possible. Returning back to her original plan, she left the dorm quietly as possible in direction to the Dinning hall.

As she walk to the cafeteria, her thoughts were disperse in different things, making friends for her was easy, keep calling her parents to make sure is way easier...Dammit, her parents. They send her to Beacon to complete her huntress training, which make her happy but there was a trick under the sleeve, her parents , especially her mother, want to get her a boyfriend, multiple times Nara, Skye's mother, made her go to blind dates and multiple times she decline them.

A sigh escape her mouth due those awkward and bad memories, but suddenly she remember Deker and couldn't hold back a smile and blush slightly, when she realized it, Skye quickly shake her head waving off those memories and trying to go back to the present.

After she took the food for breakfast, she quickly went to one of the dining table and took some water from a cup, that's when she recognize someone almost instantly, almost spit her drink and felt her heart skip a beat

Deker sit down, reading a book about Remnant's fairy tales and listening to music, for some reason read these type of stories fascinating like a little child, it was a good distraction from everything, but one thought didn't stop bothering him. Not even with his favorite hobbies...And this frustrated him, he need to focus, both in classes and to keep his team alive during missions..But he couldn't...

"AAAGH,DANG IT, DANG IT, DANG IT!" Deker shout frustrated as he hit head with the book, by the time he stand up the sun started to rise, "At least the dawns are beautiful here as well" A soft burst of wind stroke his face, with no time to loose he walk to the Dinning hall for something to eat...

In mere minutes he stand on the cafeteria, though he forgot to put his uniform and stay wear the under armor clothes, he didn't care. It was too early yet, the place look empty aside of two other students he never seen on the school before, not like Deker was in the mood for a talk, his headphones weren't at max volume, but high enough for anyone to notice he didn't want to be bothered, unless it was an emergency or a matter of serious importance.

But something distract him, for a second he swear he heard someone spitting something, probably water or at least that what he thought when he saw the transparent liquid on the table, when he look at the responsible for the sudden spit, he almost spit his own drink. The girl with a blue turf and wolf ears and tail, who invite him a coffee the day before, standing right in front of him. His brain try to process the information "D-D-D-Deker?!" She barely say

"Skye?!" He ask out of the blue as he stand up and walk closer to her

"What are you doing here?!" They say at the same time "Don't ask the same thing!, stop it!" She cover his mouth "W-w-what are you doing here?!" Asking nervous, while putting her tray on the table

He quickly remove her hand "I told you, I study here!"

"And I thought you were kidding!"

"Why I would even joke about that?!" She made a pouty face and whine before sitting on the table, Deker sit besides her but keeping some distance "...And what team are you?"

"Team GREN or Green for short. What about you?"

"EXCB or Excalibur"

An awkward silence set between them as the cafeteria slowly start to fill up..."I see you wear the headphones" Skye commented, while giving a small bite to her bread

"What?...Oh, yeah...Thanks for the recommendation again" He smile as he remove the headphones from his ears, that feeling again? What is happening? " So...what are you hobbies?"

"Hobbies?"

"Hobbies are things you like to-"

"I know what hobbies are, silly" She interrupt him "About my hobbies, uhm, sing, dancing and ice skating...What about you?...I hope I don't sound boastful" She didn't add

"Me? uhm, I dunno, reading, listen to music...Exploring...Burn down things with my Max flamethrower, run through rooftops-...And she just say sing and dancing? what is she a super faunus?" He chuckle nervously "Yeah, I know pretty bored stuff"

"N-not really...Exploring sounds fun actually.." Skye look at him, smiling her face slightly red. His heart skip a beat, her smile shock him unsure of why but he want to see her smile more often "So, what kind of things you find while exploring?"

"I uh...Well, I have found and explore continents, activated alien teleport technology and found corpse of gigantic creatures back on home...Y-you know...Boring things...Some, weird animal corpse...that sort of things"

She look at him narrowing her eyes, she knew he is lying, but decided to ignored it "What's your weapon?...Mine "Moonshine" is a bow and sword" His chuckle surprise her "what?"

"Nothing. It's just looks like everyone has a weird combo of weapons, a Sniper Schyte, Shotgun Bracelets...Heck even a shield that turns into a sheath and you come with a bow, arrow, sword...Don't take it wrong, a weapon is good as long as you know how to use it...I have my Reluctant pistol and my Fortuna carbine...And my gas grenades and my Fujin knives" Another silence between them, he look over his shoulder and divise Iris trying to push back Jakson, Neron and Gent from interrupting them "I think I should let you eat your breakfast, alone"

"Why?" She look at the same direction as him and notice it, a fox faunus with bright brown hair, pushing back a muscular guy, a thin one and Gent for some reason "Are they your friends?" Deker sigh and nod ashamed, she let out a small laugh "They look like good friends, are they?"

Deker surprised for a bit and blush slightly and for the first time, he ask himself, where the heck they found people crazy enough to follow his orders...Or even make a friendship with him, they got their orders, sure, but they didn't mind it. Even Hellix surprised himself of how fast they created a friendship, " 'A bunch of weirdos' " that's how he used to call them and now, looking at them. But now, in another dimension following him again, without obligations or doctrines they still follow him and aid him "Yeah..." He looks at them smiling "Yes,they are"

"Looks like we have new meat" Cardin callout getting the attention of both "Look this freak, she even have a tail and ears" Cardin stretch his arm, with the intention to pull Skye's ears. Deker attempt to stand up and defend her, but Skye did it faster, grabbing his arm and the nape and pushing him abruptly with the table and throwing him to the ground

"Touch my ears and I break your arm" She threat him, as soon as he was free from her grab, Cardin run away scared shortly followed by his team, when they were far gone, she turn around and see Team (E)XCB and Gent agape, looking at the scene (plus half of the cafeteria) impressed, then she turn a bit more to the right, Deker sitting there, his mouth shut, hiding his lips and eyes open wide, for some reason she find it funny and giggle...

Meanwhile in the Light Assault mind, a total dissaster, trying to process what just happen, Skye a girl probably one head taller than Weiss and the body of Blake, just make a big bully like Cardin to run, with only two movements..."Remind me...Not to touch your ears..." She left out a second small giggle, he wasn't sure to either be scare or like her even more, but one thing he made for sure is to swallow his saliva and is slightly scared from her "I have to...change" Deker stand up and went to his room

As she look at him leaving, she swear quietly and keep hitting her head..."Dang it!, I scared him...Why do I care? What the heck, he put me a spell or something?!"

Jakson sit down alongside Velvet, Velvet's face was already red from this position but got worse when Jakson start to talk to her...

"Hi, Velvet" He say "Mind if I sit here?"

Scarletina ears get straight as soon as she hear his voice, her face turn red "Yeah!, I m-m-mean...I-if you want to..." She look down at her food

"So...What did I miss?"

"W-w-well t-there w-was a school dance" She say in shyly and evading his eyes

Jakson tilt his head, he feel a bit worried, not exactly knowing why "So, who was your date?"

Her ears went down "I...didn't have one..." Her voice changed to a sadder tone

"Oh..." He look out through the window, it was raining, he never see rain the last time he visit Remnant "Hmm, come" Softly he grabs her hand and take her to the front yard, where they were exposed, the rabbit faunus change to a pouty one "Before you get angry" he offer her his hand "Would you dance with me?" The Terran smile brightly

Velvet, not believing what is happening, blush to the max, but accept his offer smiling shyly...

And with that both started to dance under the rain...

Neron look at Jakson and Velvet dancing under the rain with a strange feeling, similar to being empty on the inside, he is happy for his friend to find love, even if he denied it, but also feel lonely, he didn't find any of the girls attractive, sure, they were beautiful, but he just didn't feel like butterflies on his stomach or anything like that. A small smile appear across his face, when he glance at Velvet and Jakson laughing, Goodwitch will make them clean their uniforms without washing machine for the next week (or more) but he decided to let them be...

A soft prick return him back to Remnant, when he turn around to see who was it, he found the brown eyes of Iris "why was that?!"

"I have been talking to you for 3 minutes and you are on the moon...what is it?" She look over his shoulder, seeing her Terran friend and Velvet going back into the building before the rain gets worse "Why you were looking at them?"

"I'm part scientist, I have to..you know..." He move his hands in the air looking for the right words "Watch the subjects and analyze stuff..." He look at down at his plate feeling like an idiot

"Sureeeee...Anyway, what you going to do after classes?"

"Uhm, nothing interesting I guess...what about you?"

She tilt her head, side to side, not sure of what to do after classes "Probably I will go to Forever Fall, I like that place...Mind to join me?"

He stay quiet, not sure if he should ask, what he wants to ask...Meh, to hell with it "Doing that doesn't going to make us look like a couple?"

Iris cough multiple times and take a deep breath to recover herself "What the heck?!" She start to pat his head, her cheeks all red

Neron quickly grab her wrists "Stop, stop, I'm sorry!" Iris stopped, murmuring unintelligible things with a pouty face still slightly blush "...But, I think it will be good to, you know spend time there and clear our minds" the Vanu shrugged "I mean if, you still want to go"

She whine but accept the offer anyway, she plan to go there anyway...

After Jakson and Velvet get their new uniforms and luckily evade Goodwitch watch, thanks to Ozpin who decided to ignore this little act of rebellion, they get to their class in time, PE, the classes are the normal things, prepare the body, do squats, maybe play some sport like soccer or basketball. But the one were people usually suffer the most is the obstacle course, squats, abdominal, play some sport like soccer or American football (the latter one was more of a suicide mission due a hyper active girl, a muscular guy in red armor and a blond chick who could knockout anyone with one hit)

The profesor in charge of this class is no one else than Bartholomew Oobleck, one thing for sure is without semblance use, no one could be faster than the green haired teacher. The only one with a mere chance of that, was Ruby and even her have problems trying to catch up with him.

After that and quick shower, the next class is about the Grimm, how to kill them faster, different existing types, abilities of said different types etc. but profesor Peter Port usually end talking about his adventures as a hunter when he was younger. Barely the class could stay awake, even Deker find it hard to not fall sleep and he liked history

The next class, being addressed by the Headmaster Ozpin, but it was only for team leaders only, they supposed to learn and train about leadership and learn or create combat strategy, he normally would make them play chess, most of the time, they didn't know what they were doing. But one day Ozpin mention team RWBY using combined attacks or how they nickname "Team Attacks", that's when the leaders understand, the best way to defeat an enemy, was either a great offensive, an even better defensive or create a new tactic from zero.

The last, combat training, favorite by the most and guided by the best, Glynda Goodwitch, she made sure to they were fighting until they couldn't stand still. For what it looks like, Jaune get a lot better with his sword and shield as well as the other with their respective weapons. For once in a long time, the Auraxians felt their heart beating fast and hard due the emotion of a fight, even if it is a practice, the adrenaline and the feeling of danger run through their veins again, ironically the risk of death, make them feel alive.

"Very well, we have time for two last matches before we leave" Goodwitch commented, while seeing on her scroll appointing the results of the lastes match, for her surprise (and pretty much everyone else) Jaune got better with his fighting style, he claim that he get a great tutor, "Let's see...Mercury Black and Gent Gauss, may you want to make the last match?" Even though she ask, it was more of an order. They look at each other and stand up

When they were on the arena, Gent already had his Archer in his hands, his helmet and visor covering his face and armor keeping safe his body, Mercury walk in empty handed but confident, the Engineer didn't lower his guard and prepare himself, the ring made a sound, the match started... The next thing he knows? Mercury running towards him, full speed. The Engineer try to shoot, but Black was agile, very agile and evade the heavy AP bullet swiftly and quickly,then throw Archer away of his owner with a kick and a second to push Gent backwards.

A quickly blue aura appear and disappear on the blink of an eye, his shields took the hit, but it cost the half of it's energy, Mercury keep on the offensive running towards him once again, "Too far for my knife, too close for Spear..." The NC did the only thing he learned during the war. Improvise, he pull out a circular pad, press some buttons and throw it to the ground, Mercury throw a kick and a bullet came out of it, the frontal shields barely form to deviate the said bullet. Now Gent have the advantage, quickly grabs the Anti Infantry turret by the handles, and shoot quickly. Mercury aura depleted fast, so fast that the computer supposedly showing his aura state empty itself in a snap

"Enough!" Glynda order him. The engineer let go his gun and offer his help to Mercury, who wave it off almost instantly "Gent Gauss, win by aura depletion. Mister Black, I suggest you to not disesteem your opponents in the future.." Just as she say that, Gent's visor retracted, reveling his eyes slightly nervous...

Meanwhile, Ozpin sit on the chair inside his office, with his long time friend Iroonwood, seeing Beacon's students learn and train to be hunters.

But the General, didn't think about the students, he prefer to know where and how the members of team EXCB came from, their technology and equipment is ages more advance than Atlas and he waalso wish for their knowledge in combat, their tactics, intel and probably combat vehicles. He put in commission his most loyal soldier to investigate about them, but no luck so far, which cause more intrigue on the General each time he think about them and those heavy exo-suit he see them wearing the first time they met.

A third viewer, unknow for Ozpin and Iroonwood, is plannning the next move from the steps, writinng a message about the Auraxians, even though it wasn't much worth of troubles, it is better to be prepared than sorry...