Chapter 2: Initiation & Signs

It was another one of those nights where Kai had nightmares, nightmares of his past. This time, he was seeing blood all over a wooden floor with a hand holding a cross necklace. He woke up sweating and panting. He looked around and noticed that his team was still asleep. He looked at his clock and noticed that it was only three in the morning. He sighed as he got out of his bed slowly and quietly as possible. He grabbed his wrist blade, and put it on his right wrist. He then opened the door and went downstairs. He went into the kitchen and looked in the fridge to get something to drink. He found an unopened water bottle and drank out of it. After a minute of silence, he felt a presence in the room with him. He popped the blade out and turned to face the presence. It was the black haired girl Blake. She jumped in fear and backed away a bit. Kai looked at her and sighed. He popped the blade back in the sheath.

Kai: "I forgot to mention that not telling me your present is a bad sign. Especially in the dark."

Blake: "Sorry, it looked like you were deep in thought, so I didn't want to bother you."

Kai: "One way or the other, I was going to be interrupted."

Blake: "I see. Sorry."

Kai: "No need to be sorry kitten."

Blake's eyes widened & she turned to face him.

Blake: "How did you know?"

Kai: "The bow, the tuna, Yang's kitten puns... do I need to keep going?"

Blake sighed & replied: "No, I'm good."

Kai nodded and began to head upstairs before Blake spoke, which made him : "Why do you distance yourself? And what happened to you?"

Kai didn't speak for a good few seconds before replying.

Kai: "Everyone has a past, but my past is not worth remembering or telling. It is too painful and I still live in it. In fact, I HAVE to live in it."

Blake: "But why and what is it?"

Kai: "I still don't trust anyone enough to tell the tale. You heard Alex, I haven't even told them, and I've known them for ten years."

Blake was silent and didn't say a word, but she simply looked at the mysterious boy in front of her. Her silence signaled that it was all clear for him to go ahead and leave and go back to his room.

Kai: ' They won't understand. Especially about him. '

Later that morning...

The four assassins went ahead and woke up thanks to Kyle's alarm clock that he brought. They took their showers and changed into their combat, or everyday attire. They went downstairs and ate breakfast made by Kyle and headed out the door. The other three teams were either still asleep or just now waking up due to the sound of voices coming from the assassins. Well, at least three of the four. Kai was once again silent and listened the conversation the other three were holding.

Alex: "So Mason, what did you think of the lasses last night?"

Mason: "I don't know what you're implying, but I thought that they were nice to talk to."

Kai: "That's not what he means."Mason looked at Kai & asked: "What do you mean?"

Kai: "He's asking which of them, in HIS words as usual, do you claim?"

Mason turned back at Alex who had a giant grin on his face."

Mason: "You're an (censored) sometimes."

Alex: "Life would be boring if I weren't around."

Kyle: "I'll give him that one."

Moments later...

Students were gathering in the coliseum for the "Initiation". This initiation differed from everyone who entered since Kai and his team do not attend Beacon, but rather they are staying here temporarily. This initiation has them going up against some of the best teams of Beacon, and every student was going to watch. There was a list of teams that the assassins were going to be fighting. The list had five teams, and they are Team RWBY, Team JNPR, Team SSSN, Team CFVY, and Team CRDL. The first team was Team CRDL.

Alex: "I heard that these guys are the bullies of the school, but they're not that tough."

Kyle: "We should never underestimate our opponent though."

Kai: "I agree, we should always be on high alert."

Just then, Ms. Goodwitch asked for the competitors to enter the arena. The four of them walked down the long tunnel and onto the battle field.

Mason: "I feel like we're in Rome."Alex (waving to crowd): "I like the attention."

Kai sighed & said: "As usual."

He looked over to where Team CRDL were. They all had nasty grins on with a look of over confidence, or arrogance. Kai sighed and shook his head. He walked over to Alex and placed a hand on his shoulder.

Kai: "If you want, you can take them all on yourself."

Alex: "Really? They're not even worth my time. If anything, let Mason handle this. He needs a little bit more training."

Kai: "If you say so."

Kai looked at Mason who appeared to be listening.

Mason: "Isn't this a team event though? I mean, I can handle them, but this is a team event right?"

Kyle: "I'm afraid he's correct."

Alex & Kai sighed at the same time."

Alex: "One thing I hate about this event."

Ms. Goodwitch then signaled for the fighters to face each other and listen the rules (like boxing). After explaining the rules and regulations, which included no killing, real bullets and no sharp & pointed weapons, the fighters all took a fighting stance, except Kai. Ms. Goodwitch looked at each team and then a buzzer went off. In less than twenty seconds, Team CRDL was down. The crowd was silent as the monitors showed that the whole team from CRDL were in the red zone in aura level. It seems as if the assassins didn't even budge. However, they did, but they were moving at an insane speed from most of the students views. Ms. Goodwitch, still slightly shaken up herself, signaled for the battle to be over. She was going to give the assassins a break before Alex spoke on behalf of : "Actually Ms. Goodwitch, we would like to go ahead and fight the next team, and then take a break."

Ms. Goodwitch looked at them with a strange look, and then she looked up at Professor Ozpin who was amongst those in the stands. He met her eyes and nodded. She sighed and asked for Team SSSN to come down to the arena. Once they reached the battle ground. The assassins slightly tensed up.

Alex: "They're definitely stronger than Team CRDL."

Kyle: "Yeah, but they're still not as strong as we're hoping for."

Kai: "Regardless, let's settle this with them and move onto the next teams. I get the feeling that Team RWBY are the ones that are going to give us our challenge that we're looking for."

Alex: "You just want feel up Yang again that's why you're so eager to fight them."

Kai: "Shut you're mouth Alex."

Alex: "Again he doesn't deny it."

Kyle: "Just focus Alex."

The assassins decided to pair off against one of the members of SSSN. Neptune and Alex ended up getting paired up, Mason versus Sage. Kyle versus Scarlet, and of course, Kai and Sun. The buzzer went off and the fights began. The pairs went off to different spots on the battle ground. Scarlet was giving Kyle some issues with medium ranged explosives he was pulling out of his cape. Kyle transformed his sword into his bow and arrow set and tried to counter with his own explosive arrows. Mason and Sage were having a duel wielding gun battle, and Neptune was trying to shoot at Alex while he was getting shot at by Alex's mini gun. Sun was dueling if out with Kai. Kai was duel wielding two short swords, while Sun was using his staff. After about five minutes into the battle, Sun decided to change his staff into his two sawed of shot guns/nunchaku. Kai was on the defensive deflecting the rubber bullets and attempted hits. Sun thought he had him on the run when Kai suddenly vanished from his : "Wait what? Where'd you go?!"

Scarlet: "Sun watch out!"

Sun turned around to see Kai standing behind him. Before he could react, Kai kicked him in the stomach and then uppercut him. Sun coughed and then was punched. Kai sent him flying into the wall. Kai then suddenly appeared in front of Sun again and began to punch and kick him repetitively within a blink of an eye. Kai stopped after a good three minutes of brutally beating Sun and then looked up at the monitor. Sun's aura was in the red zone, so he sighed and stopped his attack. He pulled Sun out of the wall and carried him over his shoulder over to a safe spot in the crowd. The other three battles were still going on, but the audience had their attention on Kai and Sun. Kai laid Sun down on an open spot and reached into his pocket. He pulled out something and gave to Sun to chew on. Sun chew whatever medicine it was and immediately got up feeling better. He looked around for a second before looking at Kai.

Sun: "Thanks man. You saved me from having to go in the infirmary for a whole month if not more with the beat down I received from you."

Kai turned back towards the battle ground & said: "Not a problem."

He then dashed toward Scarlet and Kyle.

Moments later...

Ms. Goodwitch: "And the winners are the visitors, the assassins."

Team SSSN put up a good fight against Kai and his team. In fact, the battle lasted for a good thirty to forty minutes. In the end though, Kai ended up helping his team end their battles. They all shook hands and congratulated one another. Kai even gave them the medicine he had that instantly healed them. Team SSSN warned them of the abilities of Team CFVY and said that they were going to be an even greater challenge. The assassins thanked them and walked into the locker rooms to rest. An hour felt like a minute, and in no time at all, Kai and the guys were going to battle Team CFVY. Once they stepped onto the battle field, Team CFVY was already waiting for them with their weapons at the ready.

Alex: "Uh Kai."Kai: "Yeah, you take on the military girl."

Alex: "I was afraid of that."

Kyle: "You can handle her. Her speciality is all military related."

Alex (sarcastically): "Oh, even better..."

The buzzer rang, and Team CFVY attacked all at once. The assassins barely had any time to prepare their matchups and pull out their weapons, but they managed. Kai squared off against Velvet, Alex against Coco, Kyle against Yatsuhashi, and Fox versus Mason. Alex ad Coco pulled out their mini guns and began firing at one another, only to have their bullets counter the other. Kyle was having to use his two short spears that formed from the bow. Mason was using his wrist blades to counter Fox's own bigger wrist blades. Velvet was using her mage abilities against Kai. She was battling with kunai and ninja stars as well as dust to attack Kai with from all ranges. Kai dodged all of the attacks she threw at him, but she was keeping him at a good distance from her. He decided to step up his game. She threw a kunai with an explosive attached and threw it at the ground. Kai noticed it and tried to dodge, but the device exploded before he could go anywhere.

The explosion sent him flying at the opposite wall of the arena. The three other assassins noticed this and simultaneously threw down smoke bombs. After they stunned their respective opponents, they rushed to his side. Mason was the first to reach Kai.

Mason: "You alright Kai?"

Kai: "Y-Y-Yeah, she just caught me off guard."

Alex: "That's the first time that's happened. (Looks at Velvet and the members of her team who just recovered.)"

Kai got back up, and then looked at Velvet in the eyes. He then closed his eyes and began to flex his muscles. His body tensed up a little and then he : "Dragon's Flame."

His body turned red and his aura was red as well. Some of the audience gasped while others were wordless.

Ozpn: ' This is interesting. An unknown power I never saw from this young man. '

Alex: ' He's using that technique for this battle? '

Kyle: ' Looks like things are interesting for him. '

Kai then disappeared and then reappeared in front of Fox who jumped in surprise. Kai punched him and sent him flying into the opposite wall. Kai then did the same thing he did to Cardin except faster, but less force. Within a minute or two, Fox's aura was in the red. Kai did the same thing against Yatsuhashi, except he started by kicking him and then kneeing him into the air, and then doubling his fists and knocking him into the ground. Yatsuhashi hit the ground and sort of bounced, which then led him being punched into the opposite wall next to Fox's crater angel. Yatsuhashi was in the red level, and Kai decided not to go overboard and left him alone. He appeared again amongst his team and stared down Coco and Velvet.

Kai sighed & said: "This should be easy for you guys while I recover for a bit."

Alex and Kyle nodded and charged towards Coco and Velvet. The C & V of Team CFVY prepared for the on coming attack, and countered. Mason stayed behind and watched over Kai while he sat on the ground and closed his eyes. Coco and Velvet didn't last much longer against the double force and focus of Kyle and Alex, and ended up losing without having Kai or Mason step in to help.

Ms. Goodwitch: "The winners are the assassins. Good job Team CFVY, you should be proud. The next match will begin in two hours, please go grab a bite to eat before the next fight."Team CFVY, who were all awake and healthy thanks to Kai, nodded and shook hand with the assassins and congratulated them on the win. Coco stopped to speak with Kai for a few moments.

Coco: "I'm impressed. When I heard the assassins were skilled, I didn't think to this extent."

Kai: "Each assassin is different from his or her brothers or sisters. I happen to be one of the few who have special abilities and extra training and education."

Coco: "I see. You may have to use the peak of what you've learned with the two teams you're going to face next."

Kai: "I will keep that in mind thank you."

They shook hands one more time and went their separate ways. Kai walked back towards the entry tunnel to find his team still waiting.

Alex: "What did she want?'

Kai: "Our next fights are going to be a challenge."

Kyle: "Team JNPR have that Pyhrra Nikos girl from Sanctum. She graduated at the top of her class."

Mason: "On top of that, she has unbelievable strength as well as decent mobility."

Kyle: "She tends to rely on her shield when not on the offensive, but when she's on the offensive, her weapons range from a broad sword, a spear, or a rifle."

Alex: "I hear she can control polarity."

Kyle: "Yes, that's going to be a major factor."Kai: "What about the other three."

Kyle: "Lie Ren is a martial artist specialist. He's mostly quick, light, fast on his feet, and agile. Not super strong, but can still deliver a blow. Specialty are two sub machine guns with blades attached to them."

Kai: "What about the leader?"

Mason: "Jaune Arc ?He's still struggling and learning to fight properly an efficiently, but he's doing rather quickly. He is a tactics specialist and shows true potential for a leadership such as a general in the army."

Kai: "Interesting."

Alex: "What about the orange haired girl?"

Kyle and Mason went a bit pale.

Kyle: "She's a maniac."

Mason: "And that's not an exaggeration."

Two hours later...

Everyone grabbed a bite to eat before the next round started. The assassins were standing in the middle of the battle field waiting for Team JNPR to show up. When they did two minutes later, the assassins pulled out their weapons and readied themselves. However something was off. There were only three of the members of the four on JNPR. The buzzer went off, and JNPR readied themselves.

Alex: "Wait, where's the -"

?: "Weeeeeeee!"The assassins looked up and saw that the orange haired girl named Nora was flying in straight for them.

Kai: "Scatter!"

They barely moved out of the way when the orange haired girl, identified to them as Nora earlier by another student, smashed into the ground creating a giant crater.

Kyle: "Oh my (German cursing)."

Mason: "Alex, she's yours!"

Alex: "Why am I stuck with the crazy ones?!"

Kyle: "Just do so!"

Jaune: "Stay together. Work on the attacking combos that we practiced!"

Kai: "Don't fight them individually! They're fighting together, which we too will do."

The battle was raging on for a good ten minutes. Both teams stayed together and did not pair off and fight. Each team countered the others combo attacks with each of their own. Mason attacked from the left flank, while Kyle attacked from the right. Pyhrra closed her eyes and raised her hands slightly up. Mason and Kyle suddenly went up in the air, and then they were slammed into the ground. Pyhrra was vulnerable for an attack, but Jaune and Ren made sure that she was covered while Nora was dealing with Alex, who had no choice but to keep dodging Nora's quick and powerful attacks.

Kai: "Damn. What now?"

Just then, his mind began to go blank, and he began to see things. He saw a dragon, and a city burning. He couldn't make out the dragon's face of features clearly, but he could see that the city that was burning was Vale.

Kai: ' What the? '

The image stopped, and his head stopped spinning aching. Once he came around, he was met by a kick to the stomach by Ms. Nikos. She sent him flying into a wall (yes again). He slammed into it hard and fell onto the ground.

Pyhrra: "Sorry!"

Kai slowly got up and looked at her, and then to Jaune and Ren. Kyle had gotten back up and was trying fight them with his bow and arrows. He saw that Mason was still on the ground most likely unconscious. He got up and looked at Pyhrra in the eyes. He then drew both of his swords from his sides, and then closed his eyes. Pyhrra readied herself, but this attack would be too overwhelming for her. Kai opened his eyes and revealed a change in them. His eyes were now red, and his pupils had longer slits. He then dashed in a blink of an eye to where Pyhrra couldn't even tell where he went. He rushed in from the right side and kicked her. She turned around only to get slashed at the left side. Kai repeated these short and quick burst of attacks before Pyhrra began swinging both her sword and shield. Once she was vulnerable for a split second, Kai went into full throttle. He was slashing and hacking at Pyhrra, even though she wasn't really being cut up.

Jaune: "Pyhrra!"

Kai gave the final blow by kicking Pyhrra up into the air, and upper cutting her with his sword. It was a fatal blow, and her aura immediately went into the red. Jaune got angry at this site and charged at Kai. Kai however heard his battle cry and side stepped causing Jaune to fall. Jaune got up only to be kicked in the face. He was then punched in the gut and then uppercut and then sent flying into a part of the area's wall. Kai appeared again in front of him and began to do what he did to his previous opponents. Jaune too soon dropped into the red level and Kai stopped. Kai then turned his attention towards Nora, who was now smashing Alex. Alex was smashed into the ground and bounced up. Nora then swung her hammer like a golf club and sent Alex towards the roof. He went straight through the roof, and was yelling as he was no longer seen in view. Kyle was on even ground with Ren, but he was soon taking over his opponent. After a minute, Alex came back crashing down into the stadium and hit the ground hard, knocking him out. At this point, Mason began to come back into consciousness. Kyle managed to bring down Ren with a lucky blow to the leg, but Nora hit him with the hammer and sent him flying into Mason who was just now getting up on his feet.

As Nora grabbed Ren's hand to pull him back up, she was knocked away by Kai, who immediately clocked Ren causing him to fade into from consciousness. Nora recovered quickly and tried to attack Kai, but he simply evaded the attacks. Nora brought down the hammer (literally) to smash Kai, but as she brought it down, the hammer stopped. What everyone saw shocked them. Kai stopped Nora's hammer with one hand. Nora too was shocked as Kai grabbed the hammer and smacked her with it. She went flying into a pillar and it fell upon her. Her aura was borderline dark orange and red. Kai decided to end this. He threw the hammer away and pulled Nora out of the rubble. He then tossed her into the air and kicked her into the same wall where Jaune was. Her aura went down slightly, but not completely gone or in the red zone. Kai then decided to do something that he never would've done with other opponents. He brought his hands together above his head and a yellow ball of light, or in his case energy came out.

Kai: "Sky Dragon's Ray!"

The yellow orb of energy shot out from his palm and hit Nora. Her aura level dropped to the red level and Kai backed down. He was the only one left standing.

Yang: ' Who is he? What is he? '

The whole stadium was . Goodwitch: "The winners are the assassins, more specifically Kai Tetsuya."

The crowd did not applaud, but simply stared in shock and awe. Kai went to everyone of his teammates as well a JNPR and gave them the medicine that brought them back up to their feet in no time.

Ms. Goodwitch: "The next fight will be the final battle between Team RWBY and the assassins. Please come back in two hours before the battle begins if you wish to have a seat and watch it here."

Kai: ' The next and last battle is at six huh? Team RWBY...what do you have in store for us? '

Kai's head began to hurt again as he began to hear screaming and cries from people, mostly civilians. He saw images of a dragon, no an army of dragons and serpents destroying buildings and terrorizing the people of Vale and the other three kingdoms. He then had an image of a mysterious man standing on a hill with the same eyes that he just currently had. Once his head stopped spinning, he blurred out and fainted onto the ground only hearing Mason asking if he was alright and asking for medics to take him to the infirmary.