The Emerald Forest Part 1
The following morning was easily one of the most stressful Ichigo has had in a long time, the first-year students around him were extremely rowdy with varying reasons ranging from some idiot boosting about 'how easy the initiation test was going to be' to a few students having a panic attack about the possibility of getting booted onto the first airship out of Beacon.
'Those idiots need to relax...and the other ones need to calm down.'
Ichigo sighed at the memories of the morning as he got into his combat gear which consisted of black and red combat boots, black cargo pants and to top it all off a black long coat with a red and white trim towards the bottom.
"Can't forget this," reaching into the ridiculously high-tech locker he grabbed the giant sword he had dubbed "Zangetsu" before placing it on his back and slamming the locker shut.
As he walked away from his locker a familiar voice beckoned for him.
"Ichigo come over," sighing before making his way over to the source.
"What do you want Rukia?", pointing behind her she spoke.
"I'd like you to meet some pe-"
"Wow he's even better looking up close!", turning his gaze away from Rukia and to the blonde girl he scowled.
"You're the pervert who was checking me out last night!", with a shrug she replied to his little accusation.
"What can I say ya got nice abs," Ichigo's face had taken a red hue from her last comment.
"Aww you're embarrassed that's so cute! Anyways I'm Yang and that's my baby sister, Ruby." pointing to a younger girl with black hair that seemed to fade into red towards the tips who decided to chime in by putting her hand out.
"It's nice to meet you Ichigo!", taking her hand and shaking gently, "Same here."
The group soon afterwards met up with Tatsuki and Orihime, who seemed to get along wonderfully with the sisters wonderfully, along with Jaune Arc, the boy who darted towards the nearest trash can when they first arrived, who was brutally rejected by some stuck up girl named Weiss; as the group made their way towards the cliffs Ichigo noticed Ruby constantly staring at him which made him a tad bit uncomfortable.
"Uh Ruby is there something on my clothes or something?", unsurprisingly Yang interjected.
"She's probably looking at the giant sword on your back. Ruby is a weapons fanatic," turning to Ruby, who was currently beaming at him, he grabbed his weapon and held it up.
"Well this is Zangetsu...umm do you want to hold it or something?", the shorter girl nodded in excitement before being pulled to the ground by the weapon as she attempted to hold it. Ruby groaned as she tried to pick it up...and failing miserably before deciding to make a distressed plea for her sister's assistance who seemed to accept the challenge with a grin on her face.
"Alright stand back sis, I got this," this statement would prove to be false.
It's been 10 minutes since the blonde had taken the challenge of lifting Zangetsu and with a war cry she manages to lift to a few inches off the ground.
"Alright that's enough," Ichigo grasped the sword by the hilt and yanked it from Yang as she kneeled on the ground and panted.
"What is that thing made of?!", Jaune looked horrified by the sheer size of the blade as the orange haired teen shrugged as he placed the blade on his back.
"Steel and a few other things. Now c'mon we need to go the cliffs," before following Yang looked at Rukia who simply shrugged.
Shortly afterwards all of the first-year students had gathered at the cliffs overlooking the Emerald Forest Ozpin began with another speech.
"For years you have trained to become warriors. And today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." the students stood at attention as he finished speaking which is when Professor Goodwitch stepped forward whilst grasping a table.
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates today," Ruby responded to this with some sort of noise that indicated her fear. Ozpin then began to speak once more.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well," miss Rose let another noise before he continued to speak.
"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years," the students briefly voiced their approvals and disapprovals of the system,
"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die," Jaune nervously laughed in fear at the last bit.
"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene. You will find an old temple at the end containing several relics. Each pair must chose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard you and that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?", Jaune nervously raised his hand.
"Yea, um, sir-," he was quickly cut off by Ozpin,
"Good now take your positions," each student, with the exception of Jaune got into a stance to brace themselves.
Jaune held his hand up and spoke in an extremely nervous tone.
"Um sir, I've got, um, a question," the first student was then launched from the cliff into the forest via the platform they were standing on,
"So, this landing strategy thing, uh, w-what is it? You're like dropping us off or something?", Ozpin quickly responded.
"No, you will be falling."
"Oh, I see. So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?"
"No, you will be using your own landing strategy."
"Oh, uh, so what exactly is a landing stra-," Jaune was cut off by his own screaming as he was thrown into the air along side the other first-year students.
AN: Alright there's the second chapter, hope you guys are enjoying this so far. Also please make sure to leave some feedback, it helps me tremendously when someone leaves some advice or a suggestion. 'Til next update see ya!
