A/N: Hey there, do you come here often?
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This story got SOOOOOOOOOOOOO popular in such a little time! I expected like 2 or 3 people to review or follow the first few chapters.
But there's so many of you! (It's a little intimidating now that I think about it. SO many people to please…0_0;)
I got SO giddy when I read all the follows, favorites and reviews I received. I just decided to check my email, and it was FILLED WITH THEM! Thank you so much! ^_^
I guess I'll address the reviews now! Ordered from first review to last
Pegistar5: Not sure what you mean by "toooorture" but I'm glad you like the story!
Jack Whitters: Well uh, I've always pictured Sans being a human before he was a skeleton. As in, he died as a kid or something. Sorry, that that caused confusion. As for the powers, they'll be pretty much the same as they were in the game, with a few additions. But you'll just have to wait and see what those are. *evil laugh*
Cooleffects99: Huh that's sounds interesting…*scribbles down notes*
Robin Halliday: I'm pretty sure you meant scar on, but thank you!
Edit: I see you noticed your mistake as well. It appeared as I wrote this chapter.
CoolHandJaune: Aw, thank you!
Guest(1): Here yah go!
NyehHeHe: First off, really digging the name there. Second off, sorry that having Sans grow a bit isn't much to your liking. But he's still pretty short compared to the males! When I said he and Jaune were about the same height I meant that Jaune was a bit taller than him, putting him at about Yang's height. Perhaps, I should have clarified; I'll do it sooner or later.
Christopherprime22: Yeah, sad ain't it? Don't worry, Sans doesn't mourn his brother TOO much now.
Guest(2): It's here!
ErenJaeger17: Thank you for reviewing and telling me about that mistake I made. Ugh, it's always the smallest ones that make me want to smash my head through a watermelon! After I fixed that mistake I made found some more mistakes, then I just ask myself "What is wrong with you?!" AAAAAAHHHHHH!
Guest(3): Say no more, friend!
Guest(4): I've never heard of that before. So does that mean names like Xiao Long and Arc are colors? Whoa. Yah learn something new every day.
Guest(5): Hmm…*scribbles down more notes*
Fan: Thanks!
Guest(6): I'll keep that in mind.
Whew! That's all of them! Thank you SO much to all of the people who, followed, reviewed and favorite! It really warms my heart!
Now without further a doo-doo,
Enjoy!
"We made it!" Ruby exclaimed as she and Jaune walked into a room filled with students. Sans waved at them from the inside, much to their surprise.
"Yo." He greeted.
"Wait what? How did you get here before us?" Jaune asked with Ruby nodding in agreement.
"Yeah, you were way behind us. You weren't even running!"
"Well, once I knew where to go I just used a shortcut. You guys were just taking the long way." Sans grinned as they looked at him skeptically. Before they could say anymore, a blond girl waved to Ruby off to the side.
"Hey Ruby, I saved you a spot!" She called.
"Thanks Yang!" Ruby waved back before turning to her two new friends. "I gotta go, but I'll see you after the ceremony!" She then jogged over to her sister before they could say anything back.
"Hey wait!" Jaune called to her in vain. "Ah man…where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?" He asked Sans, who grinned and shrugged while walking to find a spot.
"Hey, wait up!" Jaune called after him before jogging to catch up to him.
The two stood idly while Jaune talked to Sans with him only half-listening.
"I mean soon enough, the ladies won't be able to resist me, all it takes is confidence. That's what my dad said at least…" Jaune rambled on with Sans giving the occasional nod.
"…like tall, blond, and scraggly over there." A white haired girl jabbed her thumb in Jaune's direction, gaining his attention.
"Huh?" He intelligently inquired. "What was that about?" He asked while looking to Sans, who shrugged again and grinned.
"Can't say that I know what girls think, dude." Jaune nodded in understanding before, looking back at Weiss.
"Well, she sure is hot." He slicked his hair back. "Target acquired."
"Yah know, that sounded kinda creepy." Sans told him. Jaune's shoulders slumped.
"Yeah, I know." Ozpin then strolled onto the stage. Sans gave him a sidelong glance, before grinning and putting on his headphones.
'Yeah, I don't feel like listening to someone who isn't even there.' Sans thought to himself as he put on a song with his scroll.
A few minutes later and the speech was over. Sans could tell because everyone took that moment to decide to leave. He looked to where Jaune was and saw him attempting to strike a conversation with the white haired girl. He chuckled and decided to leave with all of the other students.
LINE BREAK
All of the students were in their pajamas and lying in sleeping bags in a large room. Sans basically just wore his regular clothes, minus the jacket and flip flops, which were lying next to his sleeping bag. He was currently listening to music and dozing off.
Ruby lied on her sleeping bag with a black undershirt and pink pajama bottoms. She was currently talking to her sister about her problems.
"I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend." Ruby sighed as she lied on her back. "Guess that brings the friend number back to zero."
"There's no such thing as a negative friend." Her sister countered. "You just made one friend and one enemy." A pillow was hurled at Yang's face, but she continued talking undeterred. "It's only been one day, I'm sure you'll make loads of friends soon enough." Her eyes suddenly lit up in realization. "Oh! What about that other boy you were talking to at the ceremony, with the blue jacket? That brings that zero up to one, progress!"
"Huh? Oh you mean Sans?"
"If I knew his name I would have said it." Another pillow hit her face. "You're running out of pillows there sis."
"Sans is pretty funny. Heh, he used a whoopee cushion on Jaune when we first met him, that was funny. I guess I could consider him a friend. He seems pretty laid back about everything too."
"I kind of want to meet him now." Yang laughed. "Where is he?"
Ruby lifted her head up and looked around for him, but found him already asleep. She sighed and pointed to him.
"He's over there, but he's already asleep, so we can't talk to him."
"What about that girl right there? She could be your friend." Yang said pointing to black clad girl reading a book.
"Oh, I met her before, back when I exploded. She helped me out, but left before I could talk to her. She seems pretty distant." Yang stood up and pulled her sister to her feet.
"Whelp, let's add another friend to that number shall we?" She said while dragging her sister over to the girl.
"Wait, Yang!"
LINE BREAK
It was initiation day, the day that the teams would be decided. Sans yawned as he stood in front of his locker after he put on his signature jacket.
He grinned as he saw Jaune approach him. "Yo." He greeted as he put his hands in his pockets.
"Hey Sans." Jaune returned the greeting. "It looks like we're locker neighbors."
"Huh, guess so." Jaune took notice of Weiss a bit away from them talking to a red haired, green eyed girl.
"Oh! There's Weiss! I'm gonna go talk to her." Jaune spoke, entering his 'suave mode'.
"Good luck." Sans said as he put his headphones around his neck while Jaune raced over there. He chuckled as he began walking towards them at a much slower pace. He took a look at the red haired girl and couldn't help but feel like he saw her somewhere else before. He squinted his eyes a bit at her before they widened in realization.
"Do you have any idea who you're talking to?" Weiss asked Jaune as she folded her arms.
"Not in the slightest." He answered.
"This is Pyrrha." Weiss gestured to the girl, earning a warm "Hello again!" from her. "She graduated top of her class in Sanctum."
"Never heard of it."
"Ugh, she won the Mistral Regional Tournament 4 years in a row, a new record."
"The what?" Weiss growled and Sans took that moment to enter.
"Hey, you're the girl on the front of the Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box." He said with a grin, earning a gasp from Jaune.
"That's you?! They only let star athletes and movie stars on those!" He gushed. Pyrrha blushed at the praise and folded her hands behind her back.
"Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sadly the cereal isn't very good for you."
"After hearing this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?" Weiss questioned him, causing him to slump his shoulders.
"I guess not." Pyrrha put a hand on his shoulder.
"I think you'd make a great leader, Jaune." She encouraged, causing his mood to do a 180.
"Oh stop it!" He happily said.
"Please do." Weiss spoke. Jaune was by Weiss's side in an instant, back in his 'suave mode'.
"Looks like Pyrrha's on team Jaune. Spots are filling up quick. I'm not supposed to do this, but I could pull some strings and maybe find a place for you. What do you say?" He leaned in as he asked her.
"That's a little close, a little help Pyrrha?!" As she said this a spear was thrown at Jaune and snagged on his hood, pinning him to a locker.
"Sorry!" Pyrrha apologized. Just then a voice sounded on the intercom, telling them to report to Beacon cliff. Weiss and Pyrrha walked by Jaune, with Pyrrha taking her spear out of his hood. "It was nice meeting you!" She waved goodbye.
"Likewise." He said dejectedly. Ruby and Yang chose that moment to show up.
"Having trouble there, lady killer?" Yang playfully asked.
"Where did I go wrong?" Jaune asked as Ruby helped him up.
"Snow angel probably wasn't the best start." Sans chimed in. Yang seemed to take notice of him for the first time and smiled.
"You gonna introduce me to your friend or what Ruby?"
"Oh, Yang this is Sans. Sans this is Yang, my older sister." She said while she helped Jaune walk to the exit.
"Sans Skeleton, Nice to meet'cha." He greeted. As they shook hands, a small fart sounded. "Whoops! Sorry, force of habit." Sans grinned as he showed her the hidden whoopee cushion, drawing a giggle out of her.
"Yang Xiao Long, likewise." She returned the greeting. "So, 'Skeleton' eh? I can think of a Skele-ton of jokes with a last name like that. She sent a smile in his direction.
"Oh?" Sans' grin seemed to widen considerably. "Tibia honest with yah, that was rather humerus."
"You don't seem like one to tell a fibula."
"It's nice to see that you make punny jokes too, I was getting rather bonely."
'Oh no, Sans is a Joker! I forgot! I can't let this happen.' She thought to herself with determination.
"Alright! That's enough of THAT! Get outta here, both of you, before this turns into something that nobody wants." She began to push them outside.
"Aw sis c'mon! It was just about to get interesting!" Yang whined. Sans only let out a chuckle as he let himself get hurried along.
LINE BREAK
Ozpin and Glynda stood off to the side as they spoke to the students that stood on launching platforms.
"You will be tested today in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin spoke.
"I'm sure you've heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Let's put an end to those rumors. You will be assigned teammates today." Glynda said
"The first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next 4 years." Ozpin explained. If one listened closely, they could hear the spirit of Ruby being broken like glass.
'What?!' She thought in shock. Ozpin continued his explanation.
"You will partner up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition, don't hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die. You'll be graded and monitored for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not interfere. You will find an abandoned temple containing multiple relics. Each pair must collect one relic and return to the cliff. We will gauge that item as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Ozpin finished with a sip of his mug.
Jaune raised his hand. "Yeah, uh…"
"No? Good!" Ozpin interrupted him. "Now take your positions." Everyone took their own positions except Jaune, who was still confused.
"Uh, excuse me? What is this landing strategy? Are you dropping us off?" As he asked this, people were launched through the air.
"No, you will be falling." Ozpin answered
"Ah, I see. Were parachutes handed out then?"
"No, you will be developing your own landing strategy." By this time the only ones left were Sans and Jaune.
"Don't worry about it." He grinned at the boy while putting on his headphones. "It'll work itself out." Then he was gone.
"Ok um, what exactly is a landing STRATEGYYYY!" He yelled as he was flung off the cliff.
Ozpin took that moment to sip from his mug.
LINE BRAK
Sans was currently sailing towards the forest with his back facing the ground as he looked on his scroll for a good song. Once he found it he pressed play and faced his body back to the ground.
'I don't have to get a teammate do I? All I need to do is grab a relic from the temple. I don't even really have to fight either.' He mused to himself as he brought out a white cloth and tied it around his eyes. 'This way I won't have to make eye contact with anybody.'
He took a small shortcut and ended up on the ground. He tasted his finger and held it up in the air, before breaking off into a sprint in the direction of the temple.
LINE BREAK
Ruby had already landed and was frantically sprinting to find her sister.
'Gotta find Yang. Gotta find Yang. Gotta find Yang.' She repeated over and over in her head. A blur whizzed past her, taking her by surprise, but she didn't slow down in her sprint.
'What was THAT? Ugh, it doesn't matter, I've gotta find Yang!' She determinedly thought, before her face took on a dejected look. 'What if she has a partner already? Well, Jaune is nice, but something tells me he wouldn't be good in a fight. Blake is pretty cool, but she doesn't seem to be a teammate kind of person. Sans is pretty funny, but he seems more like a joker than a fighter. Who else do I know?!' She screamed at herself.
She stopped when she came into a forest clearing and her eyes locked with Weiss's.
LINE BREAK
"It seems that all of the pairs have been formed." Ozpin said looking into his scroll at the hidden cameras with Glynda. She scowled slightly, as she watched Sans walking with a blindfold on.
"All except for that boy, Sans. His arrival to Beacon has left him the odd man out. He didn't even have transcripts, and he was accepted a year too early. I could understand that Ruby girl, but why him?"
"Sans is a very powerful child Glynda, much more than you'd think. I'd say that he's already as strong as a fully fledged huntsman." He said, earning a surprised look from Glynda. "Not just that, but his eyes hold wisdom that should be beyond his years. He's an incredible tactician on the battlefield."
"How are you so sure of this boy? I can't see it." She said, frowning at his picture.
"I've seen him in action before. When he fights seriously he is a force to be reckoned with." Ozpin sipped from his mug. "I'd hate for that kind of power to be on the wrong side. You know of all those reports of Grimm just inexplicably disappearing after distress signals?" He asked.
"You can't seriously believe that this boy is responsible?!"
"Glynda, I don't believe, I know." Glynda huffed and adjusted her glasses.
"Well, I'll believe it when I see it, and it still doesn't explain what we'll do about his team situation." Glynda began to watch Sans on her scroll.
"There is a relic specifically for him. It'll give him the option of creating a team of five or a one man team. I have no doubt he'll choose the latter." Glynda stared at him.
"How do you know he'll even pick it?" Ozpin chuckled.
"Well, I don't, but these types of things always tend to go the right way."
"You are unbelievable." Glynda sighed. She went back to the camera watching Sans but jolted in surprise when she saw that he was already at the temple. "What? How did he arrive that fast?"
"He calls them 'shortcuts' I've only seen him use them three other times. He'll most likely use one to return back here." Ozpin once again sipped from his mug.
Glynda could only stare at the boy with widened eyes.
LINE BREAK
Sans walked around the temple with his hands in his pockets, and the blindfold still on his face.
'The teams should have been formed by now, so I guess I don't need this blindfold anymore.' He untied it and blinked away the brightness as his eyes adjusted. He then stared at all of the relics around him.
"Hmm, which do I take?" He hummed. His eyes fell upon a gray king piece. There wasn't any other relic quite like it, at all.
"Well, this is pretty different." He picked it up and grinned at it. "Guess we've got something in common huh?" He chuckled as he pocketed it and left the scene.
Yang and Blake soon entered the temple. Yang looked around and her eye caught something familiar, a blue jacket that disappeared behind a tree.
"Sans?" She called.
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked her while staring at her. Yang jumped a bit and laughed nervously.
"Nothing! I just thought I saw someone!" Blake just sighed and looked away from her.
"Anyway, we're supposed to grab a relic, so which one should we pick?" She asked. Yang took a look around the temple before her eyes landed on a piece she liked.
"How about a cute little pony?"
A/N: AAANNDD CUT! I think ending it right here is good. I hope too many people aren't irritated that Sans didn't really do much in this chapter, or that there wasn't much action whatsoever. I picture him as the type of person that wouldn't fight unless he absolutely had to.
Sorry about cutting out so many parts of the story too, but if it was basically canon I didn't really feel the need to write it, mostly due to a severe case of laziness but whatever.
I'm pretty sure you guys can guess what his team situation will be by now. If not then whoa, prepare to be surprised I guess?
I got SUPER inspired to fire another chapter at you guys when I saw all of the people who liked it. I really didn't expected one of my stories to get that popular just from the FIRST CHAPTER. That hasn't happened before! I'm really glad you all like the story!
On a completely unrelated note I changed my username to Chocolate Chip Rainbow. What's your favorite flavor rainbow?
I also noticed that I had a COMPLETELY WRONG cover image for the story. I fixed it but ugh, I turn into SUCH an idiot when I do work in the night.
I think that's all for now. Make sure to review any questions, comments or concerns you might have! All reviews are welcomed!
Buh-bye!