Hey guys, back with another chapter of Luminous, hope you're all enjoying it so far. I know, I'm not the best writer, but I hope it's still entertaining. Anyways, see you after the chapter. Enjoy.

Dull, boring, unexciting, Leaf could come up with as many words as he could to describe classes. Sure, they weren't supposed to be fun, learning was a focus, but with a place like, Beacon Academy, you'd expect a little excitement. Something to make learning about Grimm a little more interesting. Sometimes it was, but most of the time...

Today had not started out as expected. First, there was waking up, Millie had cruel ways to shock Leaf out of his sleep, the fact that they had shared a bed had made it worse. Not that Leaf hadn't been used to it, they had been bunking together since they were two, but even after all the years, Millie never failed to surprise him with a new form of torture. This morning she had spent several minutes brushing differing parts of his face with a leaf (Real funny Milleth!). After a while of tickling and odd stares from Nail and Synthia, Leaf shot up screaming, "I'm awake!", quite embarrassed to have mentioned dreaming about some sort of "Giant Tree Monster,"

Then there had been setting up decorations, Nail and Synthia had finished theirs the previous nights. This, left Leaf and Millith, who had decided to postpone the event until morning, to bicker over which posters should be hanged, and how to organize their books (Leaf had always enjoyed 'Alphabetical Order', on the contrary, Millie had been more of a 'classifying by genre' type of girl). By the time they had gotten that done, taken their morning showers, and gotten ready, the team realized that no one knew when class started.

Fortunately, a few startled cries from their friends, Team JNPR and Team RWBY, next door had alerted them. They followed the two teams and were able to make it to class three seconds before the bell.

All that to be taught the same thing I learned years ago, Leaf thought to himself, letting out a short yawn.

Milleth had already fallen asleep, Synthia looked as if she had lost all expression, and Nail, strangely, listened intently to Mr. Port's lectures and stories about his Huntsman days. Leaf himself was struggling to keep his eyelids open, with each new story he could feel them growing heavier. It wasn't until Weiss stepped up for some sort of test that the class, or most of them, awakened.

Now Leaf hadn't known Weiss for long, but he had seen her fight. She always managed to remain calm and collected in the field. Today was different, Weiss seemed a bit on the edge.

Probably something to do with Ruby being named Leader.

It didn't take long for Weiss to kill the Boarbatusk (Ruby tried to help by giving her advice, although it seemed to make things worse), but it took lo longer than it should have. She stormed out of the room, Ruby following suit with a look of concern.

"You think they'll be alright?" Millie whispered.

Leaf shrugged, the two would have to settle this on their own.

"Well, that could have gone better!" Mr. Port bellowed, putting an end to the awkward silence that had loomed over the classroom after the Boarbatusk event. "How about another test, this time...with a bit more-"

Leaf's hand immediately shot up.

"Oh, what enthusiasm, come down here boy, you're lucky we had another cage here just incase,"

Leaf walked down, unsheathing he Thorn. The large cage violently shook as Mr. Port walked up to it. He stepped to the side.

"Well, looks like we won't need to open it!"

The Boarbatusk burst through in its ball form. Leaf dove to the side, the enraged Grimm shot past him. It circled around, standing on all fours, then charged.

"Go Leaf!" Milleth cheered, Synthia shot up and cupped a hand over her mouth.

Leaf waited until the Boarbatusk was nearly upon him before quickly stepping to the side, giving the creature a hard smack on the backside. Several classmates erupted into laughter.

"Playing with your prey, eh? Interesting!"

The Grimm charged once again, more enraged than ever. Leaf cartwheeled to the side, to his surprise the Boarbatusk spun around with him. Leaf flipped over it, delivering a short slash to its side. It let out a low growl, then went in again, Leaf held the Thorn horizontally to block it. The Grimm's tusk locked with emerald spear.

"Trying to disarm me?" Leaf asked with a smile.

Leaf planted both legs onto the Boarbatusk's head, then pushed off it, launching himself into the air. The Thorn had shifted into its Crossbow form, Leaf fired several bolts into the Grimm's back.

"This is fun," Leaf exclaimed.

"Fun? Sometimes, but for now young man, you must finish the fight,"

Leaf sighed.

"Alright,"

The Boarbatusk charged another spin dash. It shot forward once again, Leaf had mere seconds to react. Using his semblance, he disappeared, the Boarbatusk speeding by, the reappeared behind it. Leaf elongated the Thorn, its tip reached down below the Grimm, then exploded. The Boarbatusk fell onto its back, before it could recover, Leaf appeared before it and pierced its exposed underbelly.

"Bravo young man!"

Leaf took a step back, watching the dead Grimm dissipate into smoke. Several more classmates applauded him. Millie had burst through Synthia's hold and let out an excited scream. Both Synthia and Nail, this time, jumped up and held her down as several heads turned her way.

Leaf was making his way back to his seat when Ruby re-entered the classroom. Her eyes went from the class to the two open cages.

"Hey, I miss anything?"

This chapter will be a tad bit shorter than the others, sorry about that. The next chapter shouldn't take too long to finish. I'll see you guys later.