Chapter 2

Making friends and Initiation

After a brief speech from Headmaster Ozpin, everyone slept in the ball room, laying down on the floor in their sleeping bags. Berde Bazahka came out of the washroom, wearing a green pajama top and black sweats... with brown teddy bear slippers. His pajama top was unbuttoned, revealing his toned chest. As he walked back to his belongings and sleeping bag, a mixture of laughter and whistling were heard in his wake. He sat down by his sleeping bag and took out a diary with his bear symbol on the cover. He had some rough sketches on the weapons he's seen so far. He drew a flaming tiger symbol and a sketch of a dual-sided lance. He wondered who that person was, and wanted to study their weapon. The design certainly looked cool in his own opinion. A pair of hands perched on Berde, causing him to panic.

"Wha!"

"Shhh... Relax," Sameko whispered, "It's me: Sameko."

Berde hyperventilated at first then slowly regained his composure before wiping his forehead.

"Sorry, Sameko," Berde said, "... That move really surprised."

She chuckled before adjusting her glasses.

"Sorry. Didn't you forget I was a few meters away from you?" she said.

Berde raised his brow.

"I don't recall you telling me where your sleeping bag was," Berde replied honestly, much to Sameko's confusion.

"... Never mind," she looked at his diary, which he allowed her to see. She made an "Oooh" noise from the sketch of the flaming lance he drew.

"Whose weapon is this? It looks cool" she said, with Berde nodding in agreement.

"I don't know, but we can find this person with this symbol," he pointed at the sketch of the symbol: a flaming tiger.

"But really," she pointed at the nozzle underneath the blade, "That flamethrower fits the fiery motif of the lance. Where does the weapon even keep the oil or gas canisters?"

Berde shrugged.

Berde looked at the width of the handle. Sameko pointed at the handle and mumbled a series of theories.

"blah blah blah blah... she must be keeping large capsules of gas or oil inside the handle, and whenever she reloads, the capsule ejects, and then some sort of automatic reloading system pushes the next cartridge in; she manually reloads that reloading system by adding the canisters through that hatch near the handle."

As Sameko continued to blabber about her theory, Berde's brow slowly raised in confusion and felt like her voice was getting squeekier and faster. Berde soon had swirly eyes of dizziness from her huge mumbling of theory. Sameko, seeing him utterly confused, whacked his head with his notebook.

"Did you even listen to me?!"

He shook his head and nervously replied: "Y-yeah... totally, Some sort of automatic reloading system is inside of the lance, and inserts a cannister inside of the flamethrower thingie, and... when it runs out, that shit ejects from the flamethrower and then uh... yeah, the auto reloading thing."

Sameko nodded with a pout.

"... You got the gist of it, I guess," she replied, "I think you're dumber than you should be."

Berde shrugged and stood up. Sameko also stood up, revealing a huge height difference between the two. She honestly expected someone as strong and conditioned as him to be... a lot taller.

"Let's find who this person is... let's interview whoever wields this," Sameko said, "Whoever made this weapon must be a cool person."

They both walk through the sleeping bags and pillows scattered on the floor. He passed by a blonde haired girl drawing a picture of a caped prince. She looked at them and hissed, causing the bear and shark to walk away from her with a faster pace. They also passed by a three girls by a wall; one sitting, while the other two were standing up.

All of a sudden, Berde saw a small girl with cat ears getting bullied by two larger males. He quickly ran toward them, but before he could even touch them, he felt an extreme chill. The bullies didn't move too, but the Faunus was alright. Berde looked to his left and saw a princely man, strutting with a royal flourish. He had a smug frown and sighed from seeing the Faunus about to get her ears pulled.

"Uncouth bullies," he said, "Picking on a Faunus instead of reflecting on your own imperfections."

He made a small "tch" noise and unfroze the bullies while punching them away. The last one grabbed his fist and had a hard time pushing him.

"I'm not a bully, prince," Berde replied, "I was trying to save your friend from them."

"Really?" he raised a brow, unconvinced.

"Yeah. I don't want to fight, I just wanted to save her from those bullies."

"H-he sounds like a good guy," Azure said to his big brother.

The prince sighed and lowered his fist. He looked at the other two bullies.

"Er.. um, we didn't want to fight too," they weakly responded.

"Get out."

They both ran away and the prince walked up to the slightly shorter man.

"Honestly, you don't look like a bad person," the prince said, "But if you hurt her, I'll freeze your blood off."

Berde was unfazed by his threat, knowing full well that he's not into bullying others.

"I'm Berde," he said, "Who's this little cutestuff?"

Azure giggled and blushed from hearing that.

"This is Azure. She's my little sister."

Being respectful, he didn't ask how, but greeted her with a friendly smile as he knelt down to her height.

"Hey, Azure," he said in a friendly tone, "I'm Berde, and it's good to meet you."

"Hello, Beardy," Azure giggled, making Berde chuckle too as he pet her ears. He understood the immaturity and silliness of children, so he's natural with getting along with children.

"Beardy... I remember calling one of my teachers that," Berde replied, "So, why are you here?"

"Indie is gonna be a student at Beacon, and he's gonna allow me to stay with him," she said.

Berde wondered how Beacon staff will allow that. Nonetheless, he didn't want to ruin her happiness.

"I see."

He stood up and turned to the prince.

"I'm Indie. My name is Indigo Sangre," he said with a calm smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Berde."

"Thanks," he shook his hand and nodded.

Sameko caught up with Berde, and looked at the tall prince. She glared at him.

"Oh look, a royal," she said angrily, "Reminds me of my crappy dad."

"So what? Are you a peasant or something?" Indigo's mood immediately switched.

"Bluebloods like you are destined to fall," Sameko raised her detached sleeve, preparing a fist.

"Tch. You think your punch will harm me, little girl? Go back to middle school!"

Sameko twitched in anger and attempted to jump at him, only for her collar to be caught by Berde. Holding her looked like he was holding a rabid shark trying to get back into the water, or in this case, catch that fish floating in the air.

"She has a temper as short as her size," Azure commented.

"SHUT UP, KITTY! LET ME AT THIS BLUEBLOOD!" she tried to bite and scratch him, but Berde pulled her farther away from him.

"Shhh... people are trying to sleep, Sameko," Berde said, "In case you want to know who this guy is, he's Indigo Sangre."

"I don't care, I want to kick his ass," her voice was lower as to not wake up, but was loud for a whisper. Berde flicked her forehead, causing her to bawl in a river of tears.

"You really need to calm down."

Berde groaned and carried her to her sleeping bag. He returned to Indigo, empty handed.

"She's like your little sis-"

"We're not related..."

A slow silence stirred in between them. Berde's inner mind was looking for something to talk about. He then pulled out his notebook and flipped it to the recent weapon he sketched. He wanted to show him it, but he decided to put it away for now. A girl passed by him, and he saw the lance on her back. It seemed she was just finished taking a shower. Her wet hair was braided, and she wore a black tank top and orange shorts. The flaming tiger symbol was on her tank top. Indigo whistled at the girl. She stopped and threw a punch at Indigo. Berde was about to get caught, but dodged by simply leaning back, making Indigo take the full blow.

"Stupid prince," she snarled.

She then stared at Berde and sighed.

"You saw nothing."

She left them and headed to her sleeping bag. Indigo and Berde looked at each other with confusion... then fear.

"Holy crap, man, you're shoulder's on fire!"

"Dude, your shoulder's on fire too."

Berde stood still, while Indigo ran around and slowly turned the fire into a crystalline ice sculpture. Berde's pajama top burned out, revealing his scarred but muscular body.

"I'm okay with this," Berde said nonchalantly... despite his pajama top burned out.

"Your top just immolated and disappeared into ashes," Indigo said.

"Your hair looks like some sort of spiky pompadour, Jack Frost."

Indie looked at his hair and shattered the ice with one tap. His hair retained its radiance and beauty much to his pleasure.

"Well, maybe you'd look a lot better if you took off your damn slippers," Indie pointed at his feet.

"What, Mr. Biggles and Mr. Wiggles?" he asked, earning a huge laugh from the people in the ball room, being shushed by someone loudly saying "Shh!"

He took them off and outstretched his arms, then all of a sudden, girls started "ooh"-ing his exposed body. He put them back on, and the "ooh"s stopped. He wondered how a pair of bear slippers made him look stupider. He didn't mind though.

"Well, you seem cool... in the head that is," Indigo said, "It's getting late; we should go to sleep."

Berde walked away, back into his sleeping bag. He was about to sleep until he saw another student trying to carry his axes. It was a normal girl student.

"Stop," he said calmly before going to sleep.


Morning time

Berde woke up and stretched while hearing the usual thief attempting to carry his axes. He simply told them to leave and carried his axe as usual much to the horror of the thief.

"Ever read the comic 'Derange'?" he asked the thief rhetorically before leaving.

Indigo woke up to see a certain blonde girl giddily awaiting him. He screamed in horror and immediately backed away from her.

"Subasa?!"

She pinned him to the floor and stared at his eyes with her silver eyes.

"Guess what, honeykins, WE'RE gonna be in a team," she said, "Not only that, but we'll be partners forever!"

"N-no, anything but that," Indigo said, scared of the crazy girl.

"Oh, Indie," she pouted, "Are you that cold? Cold enough to not appreciate your loved one's work to get so far?"

"GET OFF OF ME!"

She nodded and darted away.

"See you in our team, love~!" she said as she headed to the washroom.


Locker Room

Indigo and Berde had their lockers close to each other. Sameko was with them, having done packing her locker. She also tried looking for one of her friends from a distant school, but to no avail. With no one else to hang out with, she followed the berserker.

"So, Indie, who're you thinking of teaming up with?" Berde asked the prince. The prince looked at him.

"Well, I'd definitely like you in my team," he said, "But, I call dibs on leader."

"I should be leader. I have achieved top grades in my school," Sameko said, "Plus, I'm one hell of a battle scientist."

"Psshhh... kid, you snuck your way into this academy. You might be smart, but I don't think you're physic-" he saw a fist about to hit her, only to be stopped by Berde.

"Hey!" the shark exclaimed

Berde shook his head.

"Save it for the initiation," Berde said to her, "But really, can I ask you guys something? What makes a good leader?"

They both pondered for a moment before shouting at each other simultaneously.

"A true leader must know everything and everyone!" Sameko exclaimed

"A true leader must put his men first before their own needs!" Indie said.

Berde chuckled at their responses.

"Well, in my opinion, a true leader must be a great example and inspiration to his team mates," he said calmly, "I'd love both of you in my team, and wouldn't mind either one being leader. Though... I lean more on Indigo's idea of a leader."

Indie fist pumped, while Sameko pouted in anger. Berde smiled at Sameko, trying to cheer her up.

"... though, you obviously need to know what you're doing, though from where I grew up, I usually KNEW that a leader must lead through example and clear instruction. You're not wrong."

Sameko smiled warmly, cheered up a bit.

"Yeah, I'd be in ANY team with you, especially as a partner," Indie said to Berde, grinning, "... though, I'd love it if Subasa isn't there... Otherwise, if Berde's name started with a P, our team name would sound like PISS."

Sameko and Berde laughed from his joke. Berde patted his friend's back from his joke.

"My, you're clever, Indie," Berde said.

In the distance, Naraka groaned from their poor joke. Blue came up beside him.

"Hey, cousin, I wonder what you'd think if I put you in my team," Blue asked. His cousin looked at him with a calm smile.

"Blue, I'd be okay being in a team with you," he said, "But just in case you're not, try your hardest to make friends with new people, okay?"

"B-but, I don't know what I'm gonna do without you, cuz," Blue said nervously. She hugged his cousin and smiled at him confidently, nodding.

"You can do it. Whether I'm here or not. You're a smart person, right?"

Draco came up behind him and slapped his back, surprising the blue-haired... Blue. He grinned at his old friend.

"Let's hope we'll be partners and teammates, Blue," Draco smiled.

"Yeah, totally!" Blue agreed, slapping his back as well.

"See? You've got a friend with you," Naraka said with a calm smile, "Now excuse me, I need to pack some stuff up."


Cliffs of Emerald Forest.

"Well, this is gonna get weird," Berde said to Indie, who was in ready position, "But, I know there's a lot of Grimm inside of there; I don't care if we don't have to kill Grimm."

"Don't get too caught up in your berserk state, Olaf," Indigo snarkly said.

"We should say something cool when we get launched," Berde said with an excited grin.

Sameko unsheathed her swords and formed her bow. She prepared an arrow and pointed it toward the ground. Naraka unsheathed her lance and went into a crouching position. Blue spun around his lance and got into a similar position as Naraka. Draco did a sort of guarding position, but his footing suggested he's ready for a charge. Subasa grabbed her swords and spun them around before getting ready. She looked at Indigo, who she winked at, much to Indie's discomfort. Nadeshiko sighed and brandished her revolvers.

"Let's do THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!" Berde shouted as he was launched into the forest; a mix of fear and excitement filled the man.

"Okay, just calm down and BREEEAAAATHHE!" Indie screamed as he was unfortunately launched prematurely (with no care from the instructors)

"Something cool...!" Ozpin heard Indigo say in the distance.

Naraka was silent and calmly flew through the air like a phoenix uprising. Sameko shrieked in fear from the sudden launch, tumbling all over in the air. Blue launched into the air, trying to act calm as his cousin, only to end up shrieking in fear. Draco curled up into his shield and lance, making him look like an armoured rocket.

"WAIT FOR ME, MY LOOOOOOOVE!" Subasa shouted as the Garuda was shot into the air.

"INTO THE WIIIIIIIIIINNDS!" Nadeshiko screamed triumphantly as she gained altitude from the launch.

As Ozpin watched the students launch, he drank his coffee with a rather relaxed look.

"I thought they would just scream, not quip," Ozpin said casually, "... Well some of them did, but still, that wasn't part of the episode."


Landing Strategy

Berde was gliding through the air, using his shots to keep his inertia. He smiled from the extreme speed he's gliding through. He looked down for Grimm to slay.

"Found you!" he spotted a large Ursa in the distance, awaiting to be killed.

He shot in front of him with a heavy shell, slowing his inertia. He then did a front flip and shot from an angle above, rocketing toward the Ursa. Before the Ursa could react, the axeman's feet were already planted into its body and was soon grinding on the dirt of the forest.

"URSURFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!"

He saw a bunch of Grimm getting in the way, but they were not enough to halt the path of destruction that is Berde, the Bear Surfer. He screamed for joy as his surfing continued, but alas, the ground slowly halted his surfing inertia, so he eventually came to a halt after a good 2 minutes. He stepped off the dead Ursa and watched him wither. He sheathed his axes and moved on.

In the distance, the criminal lady known as Nadeshiko glided through the air calmly as her long coat fluttered in the air. She saw a branch and launched one of her pistols at it. The chain wrapped around the branch and she found herself doing vertical revolutions.

"Whooaaa!" She pulled the chain as to fire the revolver, cutting through the branch via the built in blade and returning to her. She rose up into the air again and saw a large Beowulf underneath her. She threw one of her revolvers at their neck, wrapping the chain around them. She loaded a heavy bullet into her other revolver when she saw a branch a few meters in front of her and fired behind her, launching her forward. The long chain managed to hit the high tree branch, causing her to drop as the Beowulf was hung high. As she dropped down, she hoped the Beowulf was heavy enough to decrease her fall. Luckily for her...

"Awesome," she said with content as she found her feet exactly 30 cm above the ground, and the Beowulf suffocated. She forcefully tugged her revolver back to her, decapitating the Grimm.

Indigo calmly glided through the air, looking for any clearings or any branches coming his way. He was about to hit one of the tall trees and formed a floor of ice using his Semblance. He hopped forward then flipped forward, creating an ice platform on his feet as soon as he was upside down. As the branches came close, he did a huge swing, launching an indigo aura crescent that cut through branches in his way. He flipped forward and formed a floor of ice on his feet and skidded on the ground as the board skidded on the ground. A Beowulf was in the distance, and with a smile, he hopped of his ice board and sliced it in half with a front flip overhead strike.

"Nailed it."

Subasa was flying forward, creating a vortex of air on her feet that propelled her forward. As the trees came closer, she unsheathed her blades and did a vertical spin with her blades, cutting through the branches and trees in her way. When she got close, she shifted her momentum so that her feet were pointed on the ground. She then did two more powerful spins to the other way as she landed on the ground, slicing any tree (and some unlucky Grimm) in her wake.

"Now time to look for Indigo."

Naraka found a large tree coming toward her on her right side. She split up her lance and stabbed the tree while sliding down in a downward spiral. As soon as the ground was close, she created an explosion that launched her forward. She did a series of front flips and pulled off the three-point landing flawlessly. She spun her two mini lances and sheathed them into her back before moving on.

Sameko flailed around the air and trying hard to keep her glasses from falling. She was calculating a way to get down safely. She aimed an arrow in front and shot it far, knowing her velocity will eventually catch up with it. She got in range of her arrow and used her Semblance to halt the arrow's movement and point downward. She planted her feet on it as if it were a wall. She threw her katana downward and used her Semblance to halt its movement again. When she hopped toward that sword, she threw her other sword and pulled in her other sword by reactivating the Dust string and pulling it back to her. She kept doing this until she landed on the ground albeit feeling a bit motion sick. She shook her head as she sheathed her blades and walked into the forest.

Draco put his feet on his shield and pulled the trigger, opening the hatches. He didn't fire missiles, but he used Red Dust to slow down his fall by creating explosions that slowed him down. His shield tore through various trees and branches before skidding into the ground. As soon as he was halted, he dusted off his shield, showing no visible wear and put it on his back before walking into the forest.

Blue stumbled a bit, thinking of a way to land safely.

"I got it!"

He started to flip forward and suddenly was surrounded in water. Of course, he gave himself some breathing room before freezing the water with his lance. As he landed, he became an icy buzzsaw of death as he kept rolling through the forest; the trees destruction served little to slow him down. Blue managed to break out using an upward thrust with his lance and landed on the ground safely, watching the ice wheel create a path of destruction.

"Cool."


Emerald Forest

He wondered who his next partner would be, probably hoping it would be that Berde guy; he thought he was pretty cool. He saw an Ursa in front of him and hopped forward, slicing through it with his sword. He was right behind the ursa and spun his sword while sheathing it as the Ursa's torso flew off. A large white snake rose out of the ground and hissed at Indigo. He glared at it fearlessly.

The snake head lashed out at it with surprising speed that even surprised the cool prince. He leapt up high into the air and got his sword ready. A white snake head came from behind, but he managed to guard its lash with his blade, but was pushed away from its sheer force. He landed on the ground and saw both heads. The white head charged forward, and he strafed to his left and threw a slash to its head, only to cause a minor wound. Indigo quickly took note of it. The black snake head came out of the ground and attempted to constrict him. As the Taitiju got closer, Indigo took a deep breath and split his swords in half and stabbed to his left and right. The movement of the snake started to slow down, so he managed to hop out.

"It's mine!" a girl voice shouted from the forest.

Naraka Krohda sprinted toward the King Taitiju at incredible speed. The snake tried to swing outward with its head, only to be guarded by her Aura enhanced arms. An explosion pushed the snake's head away, but she didn't see the white snake head lashing at her, knocking her away from the giant snake. She got up, visible steam coming out of her skin. Indigo, who just landed, saw Naraka, who looked overheated.

"What the hell is wrong with your skin?" Indigo asked, concerned for the girl.

"Don't look at me! I'm not gonna be your partner!" she shouted.

Indigo saw the Taitiju rushing toward him. He quickly spun his blades and formed a giant wall of ice out of thin air. That use of Semblance caused Indigo to start to lose heat; so much, his breath was shown. Indigo's stamina was considerably low.

"You're... Naraka, right?"

"What?!"

He walked toward her and held her arm, his face devoid of any flirtatious intent.

"Is your Semblance linked with fire?" he asked, "or is it just explosions?"

"... No.. I'm not.."

"Why?! We're in the forest. We COULD die if we don't get to our goal!" he shouted, "Stop being so stubborn and tell me! We'll die if you're being that way!"

"Okay! Okay! It's Combustion!"

He sighed in relief, his breath visible. Naraka was surprised from his sudden low body heat. The climate wasn't too severe.

"Mine is Stagnation. My *huff* Semblance lowers my body heat whenever I use it. It... *huff* seems that your *huff*Semblance does the opposite."

"Do you want me to use my Semblance on you and vice-versa?" she asked.

"You read my mind."

Both of them shone orange and indigo respectively. A fire formed nearby Indigo, while Naraka felt her body heat lower from stagnation. After a while, their bodies felt refreshed as their body heats balanced out.

"How long were you fighting that?" Indigo asked.

"Enough to gain some wounds," she said, showing her large cut on her midriff.

"Shit... we have to kill them quick... here's the plan..."

He whispered her his plan, and she nodded. Before they were done, the ice wall broke and the giant snake roared and lunged at both of them.

"RRRAAGH!" Indigo formed a lance of ice to keep the snake's mouth open. He formed more icicles jutting out of the lance and backed away.

"Naraka!" Indie shouted as he jumped back. Naraka focused her Semblance on the core of the lance and made it explode, piercing all of the snake's black head.

Indigo rushed to the other head and did a leaping front flip. His great sword formed a large icy club that he threw down on top of the white snake head, digging it to the ground. Naraka rushed in and threw a massive amount of swift swings with her dual blade before dashing through it. After a second, the white snake head exploded into tiny pieces. Naraka sheathed her lance on her back and walked away. Indigo followed her, about to pat her back on a job well done, but she swatted him.

"Go away," she said coldly, "I don't need your help."

Indigo was mad at this and insisted accompanying her.

"Now's a time to be serious," Indigo said, "Another King Taijitu might come up, and who knows how we'll fight it alone."

"Go away!"

She pointed her lance at his neck. Indigo glared back and put his hand over his sword.

"Why are you so damn aloof!?"

"Why are YOU so damn insistent!? Leave me or I'll kill you!"


Meanwhile

Berde watched as the large Ursa was about to throw a swipe at him. He grabbed the arm with little effort and grit his teeth. With his pure strength, he pulled out the arm with little effort, causing the Grimm to wince in pain. Berde did a spin and thrust the dismembered arm of the Grimm into its head, killing it instantly. He saw another group of Grimm and grabbed his axes from his holster. He pointed his barrel at him and shot a powerful bullet that pierced the closest Ursa. He saw another one and easily sliced through it with an axe swing.

From afar, Sameko watched as the Berserker was slicing through Grimm as easy as a knife would cut through butter, wondering if he really was the one-man army. She looked to her right and saw Death Stalker approaching Berde. It looked smaller than the average one, so this one would be easy. She fired a volley of arrows into the air and got close.

Meanwhile, Berde clashed his axe with the Death Stalker's claws. He backed away and shot bullets at its face, causing the giant scorpion to block it with its claws. He ran recklessly toward it, but he was pushed by its claws. Despite the power of the push, he still kept his boots grounded. It got out of defensive position but was suddenly bombarded by a series of dropping arrows that had the force of a small meteor. A dust cloud formed from the sheer strength of the arrows. Berde looked at the clearing and saw the Death Stalker's dead body, pierced by five arrows. Sameko leapt out of the bushes and sheathed her swords.

"Nice move," Berde complimented, "Though, I could have took him on by myself, kid."

Sameko puffed her cheeks, formed her bow and fired an arrow into his chest.

"AAAH!"

Close by, a blue lancer heard the scream and was about to go to whoever screamed. He then heard the follow up of: "I'm okay."

Blue wondered who that person was, but wherever he is he-

*bang!*

His eyes widened as he saw a small Nevermore drop down in front of him. He looked behind him and saw the smoking gunlance of the Dragon Knight. Draco looked at Blue and grinned.

"Got your back."

"Thanks, buddy."


Somewhere else

Nadeshiko just finished strangling a small Beowolf with her chains. She watched the Beowolf suffocate, then get decapitated as soon as she applied Aura to her chains, making them as sharp as a blade.

Her companion, Subasa simply whetted her blades using the fang of a Taitiju. She glared at Nadeshiko, who glared back.

"No way in hell you'll be MY partner," Nadeshiko exclaimed.

"I never showed interest in being a partner with a simple street urchin," Subasa replied with haughtiness, angering the biker.

"I'd kill you right here and now, but, we're in an initiation, so..." she calmed down a bit, "Let's just focus on keeping each other alive."

Subasa spat at the ground and fused her dual blades into a large crescent-shaped sword with three handles.

"Whatever, bitch."

She grabbed the left-most handle with her left hand and sliced the Beowulf behind her with a swift cut. The Beowulf died in an easy slice.

"Luckily for me, Beowolves don't bleed like humans. Would have ruined our white clothing."

"Yep..." Nadeshiko nonchalantly aimed behind her without looking and fired at another Beowulf, who fell to her bullet. Another one was approaching, but the bullet wound inside the Beowulf she shot sprout out a large tree root that impaled the other beowulf.

"I'll check out for any clearings nearby," Subasa said as she formed a vortex of air on her feet and jumped into the air.

A sea of green and brown lay underneath her as she floated using her Semblance to hover. Her wing-like pauldrons fluttered up and down, resembling flapping wings. She looked around for any certain clearing. She found a clearing with stone pillars and descended back to Nadeshiko.

"Over there," she pointed to the direction of the stone pillars.

"Okay, let's go."

They made no hesitation and made haste for the clearing.

"Hey, Nadeshiko, how come you're considering helping me all of a sudden?" Subasa asked her accidental partner.

"Just say I'm only a hero whenever there are others that could be in trouble... especially when Grimm are around," she said.

"Psshh, you're stupid. It's like you actually care for me."

"Look, it's clear that we're superhuman, but the Grimm here can be a lot stronger for us to handle by ourselves," Nadeshiko admitted, "... We're just allies for now until we find who you wanted to be your partner! Just pretend you saw him first; not like they have invisible floating cameras in here."

Subasa smiled and then continued to look forward.

"Whatever, thug."

"Shut up, Princess."


Cliffside

Glynda looked at her scroll and saw both Nadeshiko and Subasa running through the forest. She giggled from their little comment, knowing that they've already made eye contact.

"I wonder how the writers avoided this little confusion."

"Let's just say Dust machines, Glynda. We don't have to explain much," Ozpin replied.


At another area

As soon as Nadeshiko and Subasa caught up to the temple, they saw the chess pieces resting on separate spires. Before they could reach it, a giant foot stomped their path, forcing them to back away. Nadeshiko and Subasa looked in fear as they never realized the giant opponent. It stood 10 stories tall.

"What the hell?!" Nadeshiko exclaimed, "H-how?!"

"D-don't they have Goliaths in more concentrated areas?!" Subasa said, confused of how a creature like that exists in the forest.

They both unsheathe their weapons and charge. The goliath swung its trunk at them, causing Subasa to guard with her dual blades. Despite her guard, she was pushed into a tree. Nadeshiko hopped over its trunk and started shooting its head, resulting in bullets bouncing off.

"Crap, the skin is tough," she threw her chained revolver at one of its tusks and swung underneath it.

She was agile enough to avoid the trunk and soon found herself above the elephant. She shot upward, launching herself into the elephant. She raised her guns and threw her blades into the skin, only to bounce off.

"Shit, I won't be able to pierce this."

The trunk of the Goliath managed to catch the gunner and tossed her into the tree. All of a sudden, she felt something wet and soft cushioning her fall; as if she fell into water. She realized that her body was stuck inside water and saw a blue lancer pass by, who smiled at the girl. The goliath raised its trunk and attempted to crush both of them, only to be halted by a teen with a large tower shield. Draco grunted and roared as he slowly pushed the trunk away. He pulled the trigger of his shield, opening the flaps and firing a spread shot from his shield, pushing the Goliath away.

Nadeshiko landed back on the ground as Blue deactivated his Semblance and grouped up with the two boys. Subasa walked toward them and got into a fighting pose.

"Heh, impressive feats, boys," Nadeshiko complimented the younger boys, "You sure would come in handy in a team."

"I don't like you guys compared to my prince, but at the same time, I acknowledge your strengths," Subasa said as she fused her swords and formed her crescent blade, "Anyone got a plan?"

Blue rolled his Dust chamber on his lance and smiled confidently while staring at the small Goliath. Draco looked at him and smiled, as if awaiting orders.

"Leave it to me."


Author's Notes

So, second chapter was produced rather quickly due to me having their abilities and weapons already planned out beforehand.

In case some of the weapons are a bit confusing to you guys, here's the list of weapons of the main characters.

Berde
Verdant Terror and Green Envy
Two identical axes fitted with a revolver body on the middle of the axe. The revolver works similarly to a S&W .500 magnum, but with a more intense caliber. The axes resemble Aeon Calcos's axes from SCV, but have a sharp hook behind the main blades. Due to the trigger being far from the gun compartment, the revolver is semi-automatic, though it still retains a fanning* option. They are incredibly heavy as to not break while swung by Berde (also an effective anti-stealing tool).

Indi
Vriespunt and Bevriezen
Both of them fused form a double-edged greatsword. Bevriezen is the smaller blade that is attached to the back of the sword. They are both single-edged blades.

Naraka
Shiva
A lance with two guandao-like blades on each side and a flamethrower nozzle underneath each blade. The lances can split up into two dagger-like weapons. The lance handle can contract, making it more "portable".

Sameko
Aquaphoria
A daishou is a dual blade set that consists of a katana and a wakizashi. The blades are slightly longer than normal daishou. The daishou also fuse together to form a Yumi bow. Both lack a handle, making them shirasaya.

Blue
Grand Tidal
It's a jousting lance fused with a revolver chamber. Think of it as a heavier Myrtenaster... but for jousting.

Draconum
Dragonshell and Dragonscale
An anti-tank rifle mixed with a large bayonet x4 with a revolver chamber that holds 8 rounds, similar to Gunlances from MH. For the shield, think of a large rectangular shield, then add small flaps to hold missiles inside of them.

Nadeshiko
Blooming Dead
Two black S&W-esque revolvers, but lower caliber, and have a blade underneath the barrel. The cylinders of each gun hold up to 10 rounds. There's a chain on the trigger, which gives Nadeshiko the option to fire while stretched out. The chains are linked to two pullies behind her back that hold the rest of her chain. Semi-automatic, but can be fanned*.

Subasa
Tetsubasa
Two giant curved blades that when fused together, form a similar weapon to Renekton's Bat'leth from League of Legends.

I'll release the next one in a few days. As usual, RWBY and its characters don't belong to me, but my OCs obviously do. Review, or favourite or follow if you like this story.

*fanning a revolver involves pressing the hammer of the revolver after a bullet fires, allowing another shot. In old days, revolvers lacked a semi-automatic system, so gunners had to pull the hammer back manually. With enough dexterity, revolvers are capable of rapid fire.