Academic Responsibility
The sun was shining, the birds were singing and team RIOT was fast asleep but not for long. A loud thumping could be heard as Ichigo's eyes snapped open, he got ready to kick his father as he did every morning however he soon remembered that he was in his team's dorm before looking around the room in confusion.
"Where did that noise come from?", the a light rustling of sheets as his teammates woke up; Orihime looked at Ichigo as he got out of bed and continued to search the room for the source of the noise.
"What's wrong Ichigo?", he continued his little search as he replied.
"There was a noise that woke me up. So, I'm trying to find where it ca-"
"Good morning team RWBY!", Ichigo deeply exhaled as he heard the familiar but muffled voice from down the hall.
"So, that's what it was," he looked at the clock before he quickly reached for his uniform.
"It's 8:39!", Rukia groaned as she rummaged through her belongings in search for her uniform.
"Well there goes my plan of getting an early start on the first day," Ichigo groaned out of irritation as he walked towards the restroom whilst shouting.
"On our way to class, we're filing a complaint with our neighbors!"
Team RWBY was currently finishing crafting some makeshift bunk beds, which were incredibly dangerous, looking at the pair of contraptions, Ruby nodded and spoke cheerfully.
"Objective complete!", one of the bunkbeds was literally just a bed being held up by rope and the other one was being held up a large stack of books; before they could move, a loud knock came from the door followed which when opened revealed the entirety of team RIOT. Ruby practically squealed in delight as she dragged them into the room before clearing her throat.
"Ichigo, Rukia these are my other teammates, Blake and Weiss," they just kind of waved at them, uncomfortably. Ichigo looked at them and sighed before speaking.
"Alright this is Orihime," she giggled and waved cheerfully when he mentioned her name, "And this is Tatsuki," she waved slowly whilst showing her discomfort as Rukia stepped forward before speaking with authority.
"Ruby, I'm going to have to ask you to refrain from being so loud in the morning. Frankly it's a tad bit annoying," Ruby gasped.
"I'm so sorry! I really am. I didn't realize we were being that loud and I'll make sure it doesn't happened again and I'm really, really, really , really sorry about this! I'm seriously re-", the members of team RIOT looked at one another before Ichigo looked at Yang.
"Does she normally do that?", he asked as the young girl rambled on. With a sigh Yang replied.
"Yea, yea she does...she feels really bad when she does anything wrong," the orange haired teen looked at Ruby before he and his team slowly backed out of the room.
"I can see that...Ruby, you can stop now!", she stopped talking and stiffened up in a similar stance to a how a new recruit in the military would stand; before they fully left the room, Tatsuki called out.
"By the way it's 8:55!", team Rwby froze up before quickly bolting out of the room to follow behind them as team JPNR also began to run to class as Jaune yelled.
"We're gonna be late!"
"Monsters! Demons. Prowlers of the night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them as prey," Professor Port let out a hardy chuckled causing Ruby to wake up from the little nap she was taking at her seat; the apparent joke he made was poorly received as the students remained deadly silent before he awkwardly began once more.
"Uhh, and you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy. 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. And that's where we come in. Huntsman! Huntress…", he winked at Yang whilst clicking his tongue which caused the blonde to uncomfortably chuckle and roll her eyes before he began to speak again.
"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? Why… The very world!", a student let out a shout of approval as the others silently looked at him before he sat back down as Professor Port started his little speech once more.
"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-", Weiss actually attempted to pay attention to his tale however she was distracted by the sound of Ruby scribbling on paper before looking away to listen once more.
"Despite smelling of cabbages, my grandfather was a wise man. 'Peter', he told me-", Weiss's attention was taken by Ruby laughing at herself before looking her way. Ruby lifted up the paper and smiled as she showed the white haired girl the crude drawing of Professor Port before making a fart noise which cause her and Yang to start laughing before the Professor cleared his throat to gain their attention and then turning away to finish his tale.
"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 then proceeded to bow before deciding to speak again.
"The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable," Ruby was balancing an apple on a book on a pencil as she made an odd face with her eyes crosses as Weiss glared at her, gritting her teeth while Professor Port continued to speak.
"A true Huntsman must be dependable," Weiss continued to glare at the now sleeping Ruby as the speech went on.
"A true Huntsman must be strategic. Well educated. And wise!", Ruby was currently picking her nose as Weiss looked about ready to explode in rage.
"So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?", Weiss hand quickly shoots up as she bitterly speaks.
"I do sir!", Ichigo rolls his eyes before whispering to his teammates.
"This oughtta be good," Port stared at Weiss as he spoke once more.
"Well then let's find out. Step forward, and face your opponent," he beckons to the rattling cage besides him as he speaks.
Weiss stands across from the cage with Myrtenaster in hand as the beast in the cage growls...and as her teammates began to cheer her on.
"Go Weiss!", said Yang as she thrusted her fist into the air. Blake held a little red flag that read "Rwby" on it as she shouted.
"Fight well!"
"Yea, represent team RWBY!", Ruby raised her arms into the air as she shouted before Weiss looked back at her.
"Ruby, I'm trying to focus," Rwby looked like a kicked puppy as she brought leaned back in her seat a bit.
"Oh, uhm, sorry."
"Alright, let the match begin!", Professor Port cut the lock off of the cage. As the door quickly slammed onto the ground, a rather large Boarbatusk began to charge at her whilst growling ferociously. Weiss hit the beast's tusk as she rolled off to the side before her and the beast were soon staring at one another.
"Haha, wasn't expecting that were you?"
'Hang in there Weiss!", Ruby shouted words of encouragement with a smile on her face as Weiss and the beast charged at each other. As Myrtenaster made contact with the Grimm's tusks, it quickly swung its head which caused the silver rapier to be caught between its tusks.
"Bold, new approach. I like it!"
"Come on Weiss, show it who's boss!", Weiss looked at Ruby for a second before the Boarbatusk reared back causing her weapon to flung across the room as it rammed into her, throwing her to the ground as Professor Port let out a hearty chuckle.
"Now what will you do without your weapon?", the beast was charging at her with great speed as she barely manages to dodge its assault before she ran over to retrieve Myrtenaster.
"Weiss go for its belly. There's no armor underneath-", Ruby was quickly cut off by Weiss yelling at her.
"Stop telling me what to do!", with a dejected look on her face, Ruby went silent as the Grimm roared at Weiss before curling up into a ball and barreling at Weiss as she used a Glyph to deflect its oncoming attack which in turn caused it to be flipped onto its back as she flipped onto another Glyph that she had summoned in the air as she used it to launch herself at the beast, impaling it as then squirmed around a bit before dropping dead.
"Bravo! Bravo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress in training.", Weiss panted heavily as she sheathed her weapon before the Professor began to speak.
"I'm afraid that is all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings and, stay vigilant. Class dismissed," Weiss glared at Ruby with a burning rage as she walked out of the classroom.
"Sheesh, what's with her?", asked Jaune to no one in particular as team RWBY looked at one another.
Ruby turned a corner as she ran after Weiss.
"Weiss!", she cried as the white haired girl quickly turned to look at her.
"What?", she said in an irritated tone as before Ruby began to speak.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you being-"
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? You're supposed to be a leader and all you've been so far is a nuisance," Ruby scoffed at her accusation.
"What did I do?", asked Ruby in a slightly confused tone.
'That's just it, you've done nothing to earn your position. Back in the forest, you acted like a child and you've only continued to do so," Weiss yelled at the girl with a harsh tone as she continued to question her.
"Weiss, where is this coming from? What happened to all the talk about, working together? I thought you believed in acting as a team?"
"Not a team led by you. I've studied, and trained, and quite frankly , I deserve better," Weiss turned her back to Ruby as she reached out.
"Ozpin made a mistake," Ruby let her arm fall as Weiss stormed off
"Oi!", Weiss turned around to see an oranged haired teen with his the collar of his uniform undone with a sloppily done tie.
"What do you want? I-"
"Where do you get off treating a teammate like that?", Ichigo asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
"You saw that? What are you, a stalker?", Ichigo scowled at her.
"I didn't see anything but I did hear a certain white haired mega bitch yelling about how much a rotten, spoiled brat she is!", he yelled at her as she looked at him with rage in her eyes.
"How dare you! Don't you know who you'r-"
"I don't care! I honestly couldn't care any less about your social status or whatever!", Ichigo sighed before glaring at Weiss.
"Listen, You need to stop acting like that towards Ruby. She's just a kid and she's trying her best to be the best leader that she can," Weiss glared daggers at him as she spoke.
"That's my point! She is a child who has no right being a leader! She has done nothing to earn her position and is probably the worst person for Ozpin to pick as a team leader!", Ichigo raised a brow at her statement.
"Then explain why she would tell you that there is no armor under the stomach of a Boarbatusk? Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't a good leader give advice to a struggling teammate so they don't get hurt in a dangerous situation like, I don't know, your fight with that Grimm?" Weiss stared at him as she made a futile attempt to respond.
"Nothing to say? Can't say I didn't expect that. Y'know, you've been calling her a child this entire despite her being younger than the rest of us. She's probably just excited about even being her let alone being a team leader; not to mention you've been a complete hypocrite."
"What are you babbling about now?", she asked in a snarky tone as Ichigo scoffed.
"The fact that you've been moaning and bitching for no reason, it's been a day since teams were assigned. Matter of fact you're probably you're probably just mad that things didn't go your way since you've probably were dying to be in charge of your team."
"Are you insinuating that I'm jealous of that dolt?", Weiss shouted with her fists clenched in rage as Ichigo rolled his eyes at her before turning to leave.
"I'm talking to you!", Ichigo stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"If you think Ozpin made a mistake, then why don't you go complain to one of the Professors instead of taking it out on a teammate," Weiss began to grit her teeth as he walked away.
"Don't worry, I will!"
It was around 6:45 P.m. and team RIOT were wrapping up with their little study session as the soft knock came from the door.
"I'll get it!", said Orihime as she sprang up to her feet and quickly opened the door. Behind the door stood Weiss with slight expression of guilt on her face.
"May I come in?", she asked in a low tone as Orihime blinked at her a few times.
"Of course come on in!", Weiss thanked her silently as she stepped into the dorm room whilst the other three members of the team stared at her.
"What do you want Ice Queen 2?", asked Ichigo in unenthusiastic tone.
"Why does everyo-", she stopped for a second, "Did you just say 'Ice Queen 2'?", she asked in extreme confusion.
"Well yea, people call you Ice Queen but the midget is already Ice Queen," Rukia rolled her eyes at the comment as Ichigo coughed.
"For different reasons though, anyways, what did you want?", Weiss took a breath before speaking.
"I ran to Professor Port on my way back and I told him about the whole problem I was having my team's leadership...he agreed with almost everything you said," Ichigo stared at her a bit as she spoke.
"And you're here why?", Weiss scoffed at his question.
"For advice of course!"
"Oh, alright. I'd suggest talking to Rukia about advice on being a better teammate. Her family is also loaded," she looked at him with a slight glare.
"You're pushing this on me?", Ichigo nodded.
"She's rich and snobby, so, I thought that the person that would be the most help is someone from a rich family who isn't a snob."
"I see your point and I'll do it," Rukia turned to Weiss and cleared her throat.
"Well, I'd suggest that you refrain from using your social status and or wealth to make yourself seem like you're better than anyone else. Next I'd say to not get mad just because something doesn't work out in your favor. Some things are out of your control, and I doubt that Ozpin is the type that you could bribe into letting you be the team leader," Weiss scoffed at the last remark but paid close attention to her words,
"Thank you for the advice. It was extremely informative," she turned to leave as Rukia started to speak again.
"One last thing, give things time in the future. Most great things won't happen overnight," Weiss nodded as she opened the door.
"I'll try to."
Weiss quietly entered her team's dorm, seeing her teammates were fast asleep she silently made her way over to Ruby; Weiss was shocked as she saw Ruby sprawled out on her bunk with books, papers, and an empty coffee mug scattered across the sheets. She gently shook Ruby, who flailed a bit as she woke.
"Weiss! I-I was studying and then I fell asleep, I'm sorry," Weiss put her hand over the girl's mouth and signaled her to be silent before looking back over at the coffee mug.
"How do you take your coffee?", she asked.
"Uh, I-I don't,"
"Answer the question."
"Uhh! Cream and five sugars!", Weiss sighed at her response.
"Don't move," she got down from the upper bunk soon after. A minute or so later she climbed back onto the top bunk with a filled mug.
"Here," she said as she held out the coffee mug to Ruby.
"Uhh, thanks Weiss," Weiss looked at the books once more before speaking.
"Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Just know, I'm going to be the best teammate you'll ever have," Ruby smiled at her as she spoke.
"Good luck studying," she climbed down from the top bunk before popping back up and pointing at one of the papers.
"That's wrong by the way," she climbed back down immediately after.
"Hey Ruby?"
"Uh-huh?", Ruby looked over at Weiss who was now standing at the door.
"I always wanted bunkbeds as a kid," she closed the door as Ruby went back to studying with a smile on her face."
AN: Chapter 5 complete! And this chapter is nearly 3000 words! That's honestly insane to me since most of my other chapters were much shorter. Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed the little confrontation between Weiss and Ichigo along with the rest of the chapter. See ya guys later!
